Deadline: 13-Mar-23
Bio-NEST National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Guwahati announces Ideathon # 3: Bio-Innovation Challenge to encourage and support innovative ideas in the field of life sciences and healthcare. Interested candidates shall submit their innovative ideas for participation in Ideathon # 3.
The Scope of Ideas:
- The scope includes any idea/ innovation related to life sciences, nano science, health care, Pharmaceutics, medical biotechnology and other fields of biotechnology including food, agriculture, etc.
- The proposed innovation must have a need in the market or fulfill a wider societal need. This Ideathon is not for basic research.
Award Information
Top five ideas will be awarded prize money of INR 20,000, 15,000, 10,000, 5000 and 2,500 respectively.
Top 3 ideas will be provided pre-incubation support (facility to develop a proof of concept from an idea) for six months and a seed fund of INR 1,00,000 with the following breakup:
- Fellowship @ INR 2,500/Month (Total INR 15,000).
- Rental of incubation center @ Rs 2,500/Month (Total INR 15,000).
- Up to INR 50,000 for consumables from NIPER Guwahati.
- Hostel accommodation @ INR 750/Month (Total INR 4500) may be provided with prior booking, as per availability.
- Instrument user charges up to INR 8,000
- Mentoring the ideas for financial support from different agencies.
- Mentorship charges up to INR 7,500
- If for any reason the team decides to discontinue the project in the first 3 months, then all the unutilized assets should be returned to NIPER Guwahati with immediate effect.
Eligibility Criteria
- The ideathon is open to all irrespective of their qualification, affiliation, gender, geographical location, and educational background.
- The applicants may apply as an individual, team of individuals, business entity or as a society.
- When applying as a group, business entity or a society, the project must identify a project leader among them, for further interactions with NIPER Guwahati.
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