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Ministry Of Science And Technology
SITARE-Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award Grant
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Nature of Proposals supported:
- Translational research proposals to develop innovative products and technologies with the potential to address unmet needs.
- The work supported through the SITARE-GYTI Award Grant is expected to lead to the creation of biotech startups. Hence, only proposals with the potential to commercialize innovative products and technologies will be considered for support.
Areas covered:
- SITARE-GYTI award grant 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 with application in any of these areas.
- BIRAC encourages interdisciplinary proposals from any stream that can help the conversion of innovative ideas into biotech products and technologies in any of the above fields.
Duration of project:
- The funding is provided for a period of up to 24 months. The project is implemented in a milestone-based manner.
- In case the grant award duration extends beyond the degree programme, the grantee is encouraged to incubate in any of the bio incubators for completing the SITARE-GYTI award grant mandate.
Extension:
Benefits
- The funding support under SITARE is in the form of grant-in-aid.
- The extent of funding is up to INR 15 lakhs.
- The fund allocation is milestone-based and released in installments of up to INR 5 lakhs each based on the review of the milestone achieved.
- SITARE Partner and BIRAC provide continuous mentoring support to the fund recipients, including but not limited to the following:
- Technical Mentoring
- IP Support
- Legal Support
- Networking and Outreach
- Trainings
- Regulatory Advice
- Business Mentoring
- Fundraising
- Development of Prototype (including outsourcing activity)- Up to 30%
- Travel: Up to 15%
- Incubator Rentals: Up to 15%
- Manpower: Up to 15% (may be drawn as salary by the Project Investigator (SITARE-GYTI Fund recipient) during incubation or may be paid to another team member for technical assistance anytime during the project).
- The fund recipient shall not be eligible to draw any manpower cost while pursuing a degree programme.
- Consumables: Up to 20%
- Training and conferences: Up to 10%
- Contingency: 5%
Eligibility
- An Indian student pursuing a Ph.D/Masters* in any discipline is eligible to apply for this award grant.
- The student should have a valid ID issued by the Institution/University.
- A No Objection Certificate (NoC), as per the prescribed format needs to be submitted along with the application.
- A student can receive a SITARE-GYTI Award Grant only once.
- The scheme encourages postgraduate and doctoral students to undertake projects with commercial potential leading to the creation of biotech startups.
Application Process
Application process:
Selection Process:
- Initial Stage: At this stage, proposals will be examined for preliminary technical strength and suitability of translational research mandate.
- Shortlisting Stage: This stage will have a review of applications by a team of experts based on online review comments and a specific project/work plan.
- Recommendation Stage: At this stage, final shortlisted candidates* will be called for presentation before an Expert Panel.
Evaluation Criteria:
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Ministry Of Science And Technology
SITARE-Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award Grant
Nature of Proposals supported:
- Translational research proposals to develop innovative products and technologies with the potential to address unmet needs.
- The work supported through the SITARE-GYTI Award Grant is expected to lead to the creation of biotech startups. Hence, only proposals with the potential to commercialize innovative products and technologies will be considered for support.
Areas covered:
- SITARE-GYTI award grant 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 with application in any of these areas.
- BIRAC encourages interdisciplinary proposals from any stream that can help the conversion of innovative ideas into biotech products and technologies in any of the above fields.
Duration of project:
- The funding is provided for a period of up to 24 months. The project is implemented in a milestone-based manner.
- In case the grant award duration extends beyond the degree programme, the grantee is encouraged to incubate in any of the bio incubators for completing the SITARE-GYTI award grant mandate.
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