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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.
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
- 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.
