- The NMF is funded through:
- Occasional ‘Grants-in-Aid’ from the Government of India (MoD).
- An annual grant from the non-governmental funds of the Indian Navy.
- Fellowships offered by private citizens and institutions in India.
- Earnings from approach-papers, reports and studies.
- Earnings from the sale of books and monographs, as also the flagship journal of the NMF: “Maritime Affairs”.
- Earnings from teaching-and-training capsules and programmes for academia, the government, and industry.
- Earnings from ‘Convening Events’ such as expert-lectures, workshops, dialogues, symposiums, seminars, conferences, etc.**
** If these earnings are from institutions from outside India, they are accepted only insofar as they comply with all relevant provisions of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act [FCRA].