DBT-BIRAC Bio-AI मूलांकुर Hubs (BioE3 / Bio-RIDE)

DBT-BIRAC Bio-AI मूलांकुर Hubs sits inside India's BioE3 policy and the Cabinet-approved Bio-RIDE scheme. It is a joint Department of Biotechnology and BIRAC programme that uses AI and machine learning to support biomanufacturing research in biomolecular design, sustainable agriculture, synthetic biology, Ayurveda, and genome diagnostics. The call funds interdisciplinary hub grants of up to ₹25 crore over two years. Academic proposals go through DBT, while industry, startup, and hybrid proposals go through BIRAC; the record also requires Indian registration and operations, and for company-led proposals a minimum 51% Indian shareholding or Indian passport holders. Consortia are expected, and the hub-and-spoke model is explicitly encouraged. The current call opened on 19 January 2026 and runs through 30 June 2026, with rolling evaluation rather than a single deadline review. Successful teams are expected to bring data-driven, coordinated research that can move across institutions and sectors, because the programme is built for platform-scale biomanufacturing work rather than investigator-led isolated projects.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.