Biotechnology Industry Partnership Program (BIPP)

Brief

The present scheme on Biotechnology Industry Partnership Programme (BIPP) is a government partnership with Industries for public support on a cost sharing basis for: · Path-breaking research in frontier futuristic technology areas having major economic potential and making Indian industry globally competitive and focused on IP creation with ownerships by Indian industry and where relevant, collaborating scientists. · The development of appropriate technologies in the context of recognized national priorities in the area of agriculture, health, bioenergy, green manufacturing, when the scale of the problem has serious consequences for social and economic development.

Eligibility

• The proposals can be submitted by following · Single or consortia of Company (ies)* incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 or Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)** incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 jointly with or without the following: Public/private university/colleges in India National research laboratories Not-for-profit private research labs/societies/foundation/NGO 2. 3. Eligibility Criteria · For Company/LLP:- * 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] ** Minimum half of the persons who subscribed their names to the LLP document as its Partners should be Indian citizens. The Applicant Company/ LLP should: Have adequate in-house facility to address the project implementation(which shall be evaluated during the site visit) or Incubated at any of the recognized Incubation Facility · For Academic collaborator: Eligible Academia shall mean an entity which is having proper establishment documents For Public or Private Institute, University, NGO, or Research Foundation, proper registration/accreditation from a government body is mandatory like certification, AICTE, CSIR /DSIR/SIRO certificate etc.

Fund / quantum

• Total fund disbursed: Rs. 523.79 Crore

Tenure

• Active

Benefit tags

• Facilitation Support

• For Companies: Financial support: BIPP provides viability gap funding, sharing the costs of high-risk research projects with companies. This reduces the financial burden and encourages innovation.
• Access to expertise : Collaboration with academic and research institutions facilitated by BIPP provides companies with access to specialized knowledge and skills.
• Intellectual Property (IP) ownership : Companies retain ownership of the IP generated through their BIPP projects, giving them a competitive advantage.

• The proposals can be submitted by following · Single or consortia of Company (ies)* incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 or Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)** incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 jointly with or without the following: Public/private university/colleges in India National research laboratories Not-for-profit private research labs/societies/foundation/NGO 2.

1. Eligibility Criteria · For Company/LLP:- * 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] ** Minimum half of the persons who subscribed their names to the LLP document as its Partners should be Indian citizens. The Applicant Company/ LLP should: Have adequate in-house facility to address the project implementation(which shall be evaluated during the site visit) or Incubated at any of the recognized Incubation Facility · For Academic collaborator: Eligible Academia shall mean an entity which is having proper establishment documents For Public or Private Institute, University, NGO, or Research Foundation, proper registration/accreditation from a government body is mandatory like certification, AICTE, CSIR /DSIR/SIRO certificate etc.

• Total fund disbursed: Rs. 523.79 Crore

• Active

Online / portal

Official application / information link: https://birac.nic.in/desc_new.php?id=216

Source listing: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/government-schemes.html