BIRAC BIG Grant
A programme by a-IDEA, ICAR-NAARM
Grants upto ₹50 Lakhs
About BIRAC BIG Grant
Equity Free Grant-in-aid funding without diluting your startup equity. 18 Months Duration to establish proof of concept. Eligibility Criteria: Startups (Pvt Ltd / LLP) incorporated for less than 5 years. Company/LLP’s application should be represented by a Project Leader. The Company/LLP must have its own in-house R&D facility that is functional and adequate to execute the project. If the Company/LLP does not have a functional and adequate laboratory of its own then it should be incubated at an incubator. If an applicant company, in which any promoter holding more than or equal to 20% of the shares, is a co-promoter of another ineligible company or a partner in another ineligible LLP, then the applicant will not be eligible. The only exception to this shall be a situation wherein the latter ineligible company/LLP is operating in a non-biotech domain. Focus Areas: Agriculture and Allied Sectors Clean Energy Agri Mechanisation Animal Husbandry Waste Management Food Technology Soil, Water, GIS & Remote Sensing Agri-Bio Technology Precision/Smart Farming Fisheries.