E-YUVA - Empowering Youth for Undertaking Value Added Innovative Translational Research

What it is

Promote applied, need-oriented and entrepreneurial translational research among undergraduate students, post-graduates, post-doctoral researchers and young innovators, with a pathway toward biotech products and startups.

What you get

• BIRAC E-YUVA student/researcher fellowship and research support - component-specific

Who it is for

• Innovation Fellow route is for an Indian student who has completed a Masters or PhD, subject to the applicable degree-age and full-time E-YUVA Centre requirements
• PhD candidates cannot receive the Innovation Fellowship grant and selected fellows cannot pursue a PhD during fellowship tenure under the guideline
• E-YUVA Fellow route is for a team of up to five Indian undergraduate students from Indian institutes or colleges, supported by a mentor or guide
• The undergraduate team must apply through an E-Cell, Institutional Innovation Council or incubation-centre route as specified by the call
• the proposal must be original, interdisciplinary where appropriate, and have societal or commercial potential for an innovative biotech product or technology
• application must be submitted online during an active BIRAC E-YUVA call

Not eligible if

• E-YUVA is not a general grant for an incorporated company, ordinary MSME or established startup applying without the student or researcher route
• fellowship, research grant, incubation access and mentoring are separate benefits and must not be combined into one cash entitlement
• Past calls and lists of selected fellows or centres are not open calls; apply only when BIRAC announces a new E-YUVA call.
• E-YUVA Centre institutional support is distinct from fellow-facing support
• OCI/PIO and foreign-citizen routes are subject to the guideline's Indian-citizenship boundary and must not be assumed eligible

How to apply

1. 1
   Verify the current E-YUVA call

   Check the official E-YUVA page for an active call, the selected component, participating centres, dates and current instructions before treating the record as actionable.

   Official step
2. 2
   Classify the applicant route

   Determine whether the applicant is an Innovation Fellow or an E-YUVA Fellow team, then verify degree, student, citizenship, mentor and institution/E-Cell conditions.

   Official step
3. 3
   Choose the centre and prepare the proposal

   Prepare the original translational biotechnology proposal, unmet-need and commercialization rationale, technical plan, milestones, budget, mentor authorization and preferred E-YUVA Centre choices.

   Official step
4. 4
   Submit and track the fellowship

   Use the official BIRAC account and online route, retain the application and agreement, and track mentoring, research-grant instalments, fellowship or stipend, milestones and reporting through the E-YUVA Centre.

   Official step

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