SITARE — Students Innovations for Translation and Advancement of Research Explorations

What it is

Encourage students to pursue translational biotechnology research, develop innovative products or technologies addressing unmet needs, and create a pathway toward biotech startups.

What you get

• SITARE student innovation support — component-specific grant/training

Who it is for

• SITARE-GYTI applicant must be an Indian student pursuing PhD or Masters with a valid institution or university ID and prescribed No Objection Certificate, subject to the current call
• GYTI proposal must be translational research with potential to develop an innovative product or technology and lead toward a biotech startup
• BIIS participant must be an eligible undergraduate student with valid institution or university ID under the applicable workshop route
• SITARE-Appreciation support is selected from BIIS work and is not a separate open founder grant
• application must be submitted online during an active BIRAC/SITARE call or notified BIIS route

Not eligible if

• SITARE is not a general grant for an incorporated company, ordinary MSME or established startup applying without the student route
• GYTI, BIIS training and SITARE-Appreciation grants are separate components and cannot be merged
• the INR 15 lakh and INR 1 lakh figures are component maxima, not guaranteed awards or a combined entitlement
• Previously supported projects are not open calls; apply only when BIRAC announces a new SITARE call.
• a student cannot receive GYTI more than once and BIIS participation has its own one-opportunity rule subject to the stated exception

How to apply

1. 1
   Verify the current SITARE component and call

   Check the official BIRAC current-calls index and SITARE page for an active GYTI call, BIIS route or Appreciation process before treating the record as actionable.

   Official step
2. 2
   Classify the student route

   Determine whether the applicant is pursuing GYTI, BIIS or a component-specific Appreciation route, then verify student status, institution ID and NoC requirements.

   Official step
3. 3
   Prepare the proposal or workshop application

   Assemble the translational biotechnology proposal, unmet-need and commercialization rationale, technical plan, milestones, budget, institution documents and current-call attachments.

   Official step
4. 4
   Submit and track the selected project

   Use the official BIRAC route, retain the application and agreement, and track milestones, mentoring, utilization, reporting and any incubator transition.

   Official step

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