BIRAC Promoting Academic Research Conversion to Enterprise (PACE)
Status not published
Announced through BIRAC calls for proposals; check the live Call for Proposals listing.
Grant-in-aid to the academic partner and soft-loan or grant components to the company partner for converting academic research into a commercialisable technology; support of the order of INR 1 crore depending on the ACE or TTG component.
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology
public · national
Deadline: annual_call — Announced through BIRAC calls for proposals; check the live Call for Proposals listing.
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: health, agri, deeptech
- R&D activity required
- Locally registered entity required
Academic or research institutions in India, optionally partnered with an Indian company holding at least 51% Indian shareholding. DPIIT recognition is not mandatory.
Source. https://birac.nic.in/pace.php — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked