BIRAC Launching Entrepreneurial driven Affordable Products (LEAP)
Status not published
Run through periodic BIRAC calls; check the Call for Proposals page.
Support of the order of INR 1 crore for Indian biotech startups to take a validated technology towards global market entry, typically via international partnerships and soft-landing programmes.
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology
public · national
Deadline: One call a year — Run through periodic BIRAC calls; check the Call for Proposals page.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: health, agri, deeptech
- Stage: seed and Series A
- R&D activity required
- Locally registered entity required
Indian biotech companies with at least 51% Indian shareholding and a technology at or beyond proof of concept.
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · DPIIT recognition for Indian startups, explained
Source. https://birac.nic.in/cfp.php
Not yet re-checked against the official page — this record was extracted on 14 August 2026 and may be out of date. Check the source before you rely on it.
Source: birac.nic.in
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