Promoting Academic Research Conversion to Enterprise (PACE)
Closed BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology All of India
AIR track: projects up to ₹50 lakh; CRS track: no fixed ceiling, industry partner funded for validation
- Academic biotech proof of concept, then validation by an industry partner
- An academic institute, university or research foundation must lead the application
- A startup or LLP (51% Indian owned) joins as the industry partner, mandatory for the CRS track
- Needs proof of principle (AIR) or validation ready TRL 3 data (CRS)
- Closed
- The academic lead submits on the BIRAC portal during an open PACE call, naming the startup as partner
- Prototype stage
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