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BIRAC, Non-Dilutive Grants for Biotech & Life-Sciences Startups (BIG, E-YUVA, SITARE)
From BIRAC (birac.nic.in) by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Dept. of Biotechnology Scheme directory
Why we picked it
For anyone building in biotech, healthtech, agritech, or life sciences, BIRAC is the single most important non-dilutive funder in India, its BIG grant of up to INR 50 lakh is genuinely equity-free R&D money. Deep-tech founders routinely overlook it because they default to VC.
- Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG) provides up to INR 50 lakh as a non-dilutive grant for ideation-to-early-stage validation.
- E-YUVA supports student and early-career innovators; SITARE and BioNEST cover fellowships and incubation.
- Grants are milestone-linked and disbursed through BIRAC partner incubators, the application is proposal-driven.
- Sector-specific: if you're not in life sciences this isn't your desk, but if you are, it beats diluting for lab money.