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BIRAC E-YUVA Fellowships (Innovation Fellows and E-YUVA Fellows)

BIRAC fellowships for young biotech innovators. Post-graduates and PhDs work full time at an E-YUVA Centre to turn a product idea into a startup; undergraduate teams get a stipend and a research grant.

Open · closes 31 Oct 2026 Run by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology

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Verified 19 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages

Terms

Funding
not published Innovation Fellows: ₹30,000 a month (post-graduate) or ₹50,000 a month (post-doctoral) for 18 months, plus an annual research grant of ₹3,00,000 or ₹5,00,000. E-YUVA Fellows: ₹7,500 a quarter per student for 12 months and an annual research grant of ₹2,50,000 per team
Instrument
Grant
Equity taken
not published
Programme fee
not published
Duration
not published
Cohort size
not published
Cohorts
not published
Delivery
In person
Stages
Idea
Sectors
Biotech, Health tech, Agrifood
Open to founders from
India
Perks
  • Pre-incubation space and equipment at an E-YUVA Centre
  • Mentoring from BioNEST bio-incubators on IP, regulation, business and fundraising

Innovation Fellows are expected to start a biotech company; the intellectual property stays with the innovators. The 2026 call (the fourth) recruits for nine recently established E-YUVA Centres, and applications close at 5:30 pm on 31 October 2026. Amounts are from the scheme guidelines (version 1.1, January 2022), which the 2026 call links to.

Application dates

Open · closes 31 Oct 20264th call (2026)

Who can apply

  • Innovation Fellows: Indian graduates who completed a PhD within the last two years or a Master's within the last three; women are exempt from the time limit
  • Innovation Fellows work full time at an E-YUVA Centre and cannot pursue a PhD or postgraduate degree during the fellowship
  • E-YUVA Fellows: teams of three to five Indian undergraduate students with a mentor, applying through a college E-Cell
  • Proposals must have the potential to become a commercial biotech product or technology
  • Stage: idea

What founders should check

  1. The programme does not publish how much equity it takes. Ask before you accept a place.
  2. It does not publish a fee. Ask whether you pay for desks, services or the programme itself.
  3. It runs in person. Plan to be there for the length of the programme.
  4. Applications are open until 31 October 2026. That is less than a month away, so start the form now.

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