Deadline: 16 September 2018

Applications are open for the National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition (NBEC) 2018, a nationwide competition inviting path breaking revolutionary and scalable business ideas in the life sciences domain spanning:

• Healthcare including drug discovery and development, vaccines, regenerative medicine, diagnostics, medical devices, digital health, healthcare IT
• Agri-biotech including food and nutraceuticals, soil health, and plant based therapeutics
• Animal health
• Industrial biotech including clean and renewable energy, water, and waste management

The National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition is organised by BREC – a joint entrepreneurship development centre of BIRAC and C-CAMP.

Award Information

• Total investment opportunity up to USD $200,000 for the winners
• Cash prizes totaling INR 38 lakh in various categories
• Winners eligible for AWS Activate programme worth USD $25,000 Activate Credits
• Mentorship by industry experts and investors
• Visibility and recognition to catapult winners on the national platform

Eligibility Criteria

• Aspiring entrepreneurs, biotech companies, and start-ups
• Applicant should be a citizen of india
• If the applicant is a company, the company should be registered in india and majority ownership should be Indian
• Idea should have a deep science based biotech element/component
• Biotech includes: healthcare including drug discovery and development, vaccines, regenerative medicine, diagnostics, medical devices, digital health, healthcare IT; agri-biotech including food and nutraceuticals, soil health, plant based therapeutics; animal health; industrial biotech including clean and renewable energy, water, and waste management

How to Apply

Interested applicants must apply online via given website.

Eligible Country: India

For more information, please visit NBEC 2018.