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BIRAC Bio-incubators Nurturing Entrepreneurship for Scaling Technologies (BioNEST)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

BIRAC funds the bio-incubator, not the startup. Startups get subsidised wet-lab and analytical infrastructure, mentoring and regulatory support at BioNEST incubators across India.

Funder

Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Startups apply directly to an individual BioNEST bio-incubator, which runs its own intake. BIRAC calls to set up new BioNEST incubators are periodic.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Startups in life sciences and biotechnology needing shared lab infrastructure. Terms are set by each host incubator.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://birac.nic.in/bionest.php · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: birac.nic.in

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