Climategrants — Weekly Newsletter ("Grants Closing This Week")

The distribution product. Capture works; this is the send. Weekly, Monday, from the review inbox. Locked 28 Aug 2026.

Format (one email, ~150 words, deadline-first)

From: [email protected] Subject: [Week of {date}] — 5 grants closing, one closes in 3 days

Body template

Hi {name},

Three things closing this week for Indian climate founders. All non-dilutive, all verified against the funder's own page.

CLOSING THIS WEEK:

1. {Title} — {amount}
   {one-line who it's for} · closes {date}
   climategrants.in/{slug}

2. {Title} — {amount}
   ...
5. {Title} — {amount}
   ...

Why this list: the directory (climategrants.in) verifies every deadline against the funder's page before it goes in. Aggregators lie; we don't.

Got funded or shortlisted through the site? Reply "win" — we feature founder stories.

— Pranav

Current edition (28 Aug 2026, first draft — recompute before send)

Subject: 5 India climate grants closing soon — one closes this Sunday

Bharat WIN Open Call (Ministry of Jal Shakti) — grant-in-aid for water + climate resilience startups/MSMEs · closes 31 Aug climategrants.in/bharat-win-open-call-jal-shakti
Zero Prize 2026 — Air, Water & Land Pollution Challenge — ₹5 Cr pool, ₹1 Cr/category · closes 31 Aug climategrants.in/zero-prize-2026-pollution-challenge
RKVY-RABI Program 2026 — Cohort 8 (IIM Kashipur FIED) — up to ₹25 Lakh grant-in-aid · closes 31 Aug climategrants.in/rkvy-rabi-program-2026-cohort-8-iim-kashipur-fied
Him Palam PM-RKVY Agri Business Incubator — Seed Fund 2026 — up to ₹25 Lakh · closes 31 Aug climategrants.in/him-palam-pm-rkvy-agri-business-incubator-seed-fund-2026
DST-India Japan Cooperative Science Programme (IJCSP) 2026 — ₹50 Lakh · closes 3 Sep climategrants.in/dst-india-japan-cooperative-science-programme-2026

Send mechanics

v1 (manual): Pranav reviews the draft, sends from himalaya (frajorden account) to the seed list + captured subscribers. Send cadence BEFORE subscriber growth.
Seed list (start): 5 people you know in climate/startup. The roast's point — a send exists first, subscribers follow.
Weekly cron: drafts the numbers automatically (below), Pranav presses send. Cron is NOT auto-send (humans approve).

Cron setup (this doc is the brief; script in ~/.hermes/scripts/)