Call For Proposal

DBT BIRAC Joint Call for Proposals on मूलांकुर Bioenablers: Biofoundries and Biomanufacturing hubs under BioE3 Policy 

Recognizing the potential of Biomanufacturing to power green growth, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India has undertaken an initiative on Fostering High Performance Biomanufacturing. Proposals are invited for setting up of Biofoundries (for early scaling-up of proof-of-concepts) and Biomanufacturing Hubs (shared pilot-scale and pre-commercial-scale facilities) to support research, innovation and scale up

Call Document

Implementation Plan

Proposed facilities will support process innovation for rapid design and testing of organisms and scale-up engineering to accelerate biomanufacturing processes in the sectoral areas including but not limited to: functional foods and smart proteins, bio-based chemicals and enzymes, precision bio therapeutics, climate change and resilient agriculture, carbon capture and utilization, futuristic marine and space research.

The applications may be submitted either solely or in partnership by 1.  Academia, 2. Company/LLP 3. Societies /Trust/ Non-Government Research Organisations/ Foundation and 4.Start-ups.

Details of the scheme including eligibility requirements, categories for proposal submission; guidelines for support as grant and loan; agreement templates etc. are available at www.birac.nic.in

Announcement Date: 13-05-2025
Last Submission Date: 30-06-2025