- More Info
- birac.nic.in
- Organization
- Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)
- Fund type
- Fellowships | Grant
- Source
- Government
- Status
- Live
- Focus area
- Biotech, Medtech, Health & rehabilitation | Agriculture, food and nutrition | Cleantech, energy, environment, waste, sanitation | Hardware, software, IOT, data, AI, ML | Industrial Products | Material Tech, textiles
- Target
- Private Limited Company | Limited Liability Partnership | Individual- students | Individual- Innovators | Individual- academicians | Individual- researcher
- Fund range
- < Rs. 10 lakhs | Rs. 10 lakhs- Rs. 25 lakhs
- Fund stages
- A. Technology Development | B. Patent Protection
This BIRAC’s scheme is implemented through dedicated hubs called E-Yuva Centers (EYCs) housed within the University/Institute set up and mentored by a BIRAC BioNEST supported bio-incubator. BIRAC’s Innovation Fellows will receive fellowship grant and annual research grant as mentioned below: Fellowship: INR 30,000 per month for Post-graduate fellow and INR 50,000 per month for Post-doctoral fellow Annual research grant: INR 3,00,000 per year for Post-graduate fellow and INR 5,00,000 per year for Post-doctoral fellow Fellowship is provided for a period of 18 months with a provision of 6 months extension only for deserving cases.
The Fellowship proposals can be submitted in any domain including Healthcare, Lifesciences, Diagnostics, Medical Devices, Drugs, Vaccines, Drug Formulations and delivery systems, Industrial Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Agriculture, Secondary agriculture, Waste Management, Sanitation, Clean Energy and Artificial
Intelligence/IoT/ Automation with application in any of these areas.