Call For Proposal

BIRAC announces the special edition of WInER Award (Women In Entrepreneurial Research) to recognize, reward and supportwomen entrepreneursin biotech sector implementing their innovative solutionsinthe states of North East Region (Arunachal Pradesh,Assam,Manipur,Meghalaya,Mizoram,Nagaland,SikkimandTripura).

Under this award program, top 5 women entrepreneurs implementing their innovative products/technologies in NER will be awarded with the following:

• Award money of INR 5 lakhs each
• Access to BIRAC’s expert mentor network
• Opportunity to participate in BIRAC’s accelerator programme

A proposal can only be submitted by Indian company, registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1956/2013 with woman entrepreneur as Principal investigator. The company should be in existence for less than 10 years as on closure of the call. Minimum 51% of the shares of the Company should be held by Indian Citizens holding Indian passport (Indian Citizens do not include Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) holders).

A woman entrepreneur should be:

• The principal Investigator of the submitted project for consideration under this application
• An Indian Citizen holding Indian passport
• One of the promoter shareholders of the Indian Company

Only online application is accepted. For submissions, please register on BIRAC website under WInER Award Category. User registration is open round the clock and closes by 5:30 PM on 15thJanuary 2020.

Note: Prior recipients of WInER Awards are ineligible

Only online application is accepted. For submissions, please register on BIRAC website under WInER Award Category. User registration is open round the clock and closes on 15th January 2020.

Note: Prior recipients of WInER Awards are ineligible

For any further queries, please contact:

Email: sped01.birac@nic.in; 

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Announcement Date: 01-12-2019
Last Submission Date: 10-03-2020 05:30 PM