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BIRAC Social Innovation programme for Products: Affordable and Relevant to Societal Health (SPARSH)

Status

Status not published

Issued as thematic challenge calls; check the BIRAC Call for Proposals page for the live theme and window.

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Amount
5,000,000 INR

Grant-in-aid of the order of INR 50 lakh over about 18 months to social innovators developing affordable healthcare products for underserved populations, issued against thematic challenge calls.

Funder

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

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — Issued as thematic challenge calls; check the BIRAC Call for Proposals page for the live theme and window.

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

Individuals, startups, companies and not-for-profit organisations in India working on affordable social-health innovations. DPIIT recognition is not mandatory.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · DPIIT recognition for Indian startups, explained

Apply on the funder's site

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

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: birac.nic.in

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