BIRAC Social Innovation programme for Products: Affordable and Relevant to Societal Health (SPARSH)
Status not published
Issued as thematic challenge calls; check the BIRAC Call for Proposals page for the live theme and window.
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.
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology
public · national
Deadline: annual_call — Issued as thematic challenge calls; check the BIRAC Call for Proposals page for the live theme and window.
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, social
- Stage: idea, pre_seed
- R&D activity required
- Locally registered entity required
Individuals, startups, companies and not-for-profit organisations in India working on affordable social-health innovations. DPIIT recognition is not mandatory.
Source. https://birac.nic.in/sparsh.php — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked