Deadline: 31 August 2019
The National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition 2019 invites path breaking, revolutionary, and scalable business ideas in the life sciences domain spanning:
- Agri-Biotechnology, including conventional plant breeding, tissue culture and micro-propagation, molecular breeding or marker assisted selection, genetic engineering and GM crops, molecular diagnostic Tools, soil Health, and other related sub-domains;
- Animal health, including diagnostics, therapeutics, nutrition, and other sub-domains related to veterinary applications;
- Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), including vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, preventatives, and other related solutions to tackle AMR;
- Clean and renewable energy, including biofuels, clean air, and other related sub-domains;
- Diagnostics;
- Digital Health, including AI & ML, imaging, wearables, healthcare IT, and other related applications;
- Drug Discovery & Development, including vaccines, biopharma, regenerative medicine, biologics, biosimilars, plant based therapeutics, CRO/CMO/CRAM, clinical research, and other related sub-domains;
- Food & Nutraceuticals, including dietary supplements, and other related sub-domains;
- Industrial Biotechnology, including enzymes, fermentation based products for non-pharma purposes, bioplastics, and other related sub-domains;
- Maternal & Child Health (MCH);
- Medical Devices;
- Water & Sanitation, including water treatment, solid waste treatment, and other related sub-domains;
The National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition is organised by BREC, a joint entrepreneurship development centre of BIRAC and C-CAMP.
Award Information
- INR 3 Crore in cash prizes and investment opportunities
- Winners eligible for Amazon Web Services (AWS) Activate programme with AWS Credits
- Mentorship by key industry leaders
- Visibility and recognition to catapult winners on the national platform
Eligibility Criteria
- Students, individuals, innovators, aspiring entrepreneurs, start-ups, and biotech companies can apply for this competition;
- Applicant should be a citizen of india;
- If the applicant is a company, the company should be registered in india and majority ownership should be Indian;
- Idea should have a deep science based biotech element/component;
- Biotech includes: Agri-Biotechnology, Animal health, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Clean and renewable energy, Diagnostics, Digital Health, Drug Discovery & Development, Food & Nutraceuticals, Industrial Biotechnology, Maternal & Child Health (MCH); Medical Devices, Water & Sanitation.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit https://nationalbioentrepreneurship.in/events/nbec2019