Biotechnology Industry
Research Assistance Council
(A Govt. of India
Enterprise)
Set up by Department of
Biotechnology, Government of India
Announces
3rd Call for proposals under
Contract Research and Services
Scheme (CRS)
to facilitate
Academia-Industry Interaction
(15th January to 28th
February, 2013)
Biotechnology Industry Research
Assistance Council (BIRAC), a Section 25 ‘Not-for-Profit Company’ of Government
of India, has been set up as Department of Biotechnology’s interface agency,
which serves as a single window for nurturing and promoting innovation led
research.
Key Features
Contract Research and Services Scheme
(CRS) provides support to Academia in the form of grant-in-aid for validation
of the Proof of Concept (PoC) by an Industrial partner.
The scheme supports academia-industry
interaction between research institutes, universities, public funded research
laboratories, governmental organizations, research foundations and companies/industries.
Academic partners who have already
generated or have pre-existing scientifically established PoC/leads could seek
support for specific research and validation process to be performed by company
partners within a defined time frame. The industry partner in turn would
complete the validation phase in a Contract Research mode
Some specific services from the industry
such as toxicology, sequencing, use of specific equipment etc required by the
academia for validation of the PoC could also be supported under this scheme.
Modalities of Funding
The academic partner will be provided
Grant-in-aid for validation of PoC at their site or for contract research/
service component (s) to be outsourced to the collaborating company (ies).
Who can Apply?
Academia with one of more partners of
which at least one has to be a company.
Primary Applicant (Academia)
Public and/or Private Universities and
Research Institutions having a well-established research support system, for
basic or applied research are eligible.
A registration/ recognition/ accreditation/ certification from a government
body is mandatory.
The Research group should necessarily
have an established lead as evident by scientific data ready for
validation/outsourced services.
Collaborating Company (ies)
Only Indian Company (ies), registered
under the Indian Companies Act 1956 with
atleast 51% Indian shareholding and
having DSIR* recognized in-house R&D unit, interested to perform such a
contract research service with academic partners are eligible.
(*companies in the process of obtaining
DSIR recognition may also apply along with the proof of application to DSIR.
However, the final decision on such applications would be subject to their
getting DSIR recognition)
How to Apply?
Proposals under CRS are required to be
submitted online only. For submission of proposals, Institutions need to
register with BIRAC through “Institution User Registration”. Detailed
guidelines on how to submit the Proposal will be available online. www.birac.nic.in
For further details, please contact:
Dr. Amita Joshi, Programme Manager,
BIRAC
Email: biraccrs.dbt@nic.in
User Registration is open round the
clock.
Online Proposal Submission would begin from 15thJanuary, 2013
No Hard Copy to be submitted, Proposals
submitted online only would be considered.
Last date for Submission of Proposals under the CRS Scheme: 28th February 2013
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