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Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council - BioNEST

BIRAC BioNEST Incubation Support

Biotech incubator establishment or strengthening support

Incubation & mentoring Grant Opens in periodic calls
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What it is

Scale biotech incubation, foster innovation and entrepreneurship, and strengthen existing incubators attached to eligible research and academic organisations.

What you get

  • Biotech incubator establishment or strengthening support

Who it is for

  • the applicant must fit one of the published BioNEST categories
  • private academic, research, hospital or incubator applicants are shown as contributing 20 percent of total capex
  • already-funded BioNEST facilities may have a separate scale-up route
Academic instituteResearch instituteResearch hospitalBiotech councilIncubator

How to apply

  1. 1
    Select the applicable BioNEST category

    Determine whether the proposal is for a new facility, state council route, strengthening or scale-up.

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  2. 2
    Verify the BIRAC proposal route

    Use the current BIRAC/DBT route and document capex, facility and implementation plans.

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Keep ready

Eligible BioNEST host or existing facility