DBT Calls For Research Proposals Under ATGC Programme

Mumbai, 15 Feb 2020:

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in collaboration with Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) has announced third call under Accelerated Translational Grant for Commercialization (ATGC) programme to translate research leads beyond early stage validation and encourage academia to develop product/process/application.

The purpose of the call is to support proposals aiming for late stage validation, to accelerate translation of laboratory research beyond early stage validation through stage gate mechanism and to bridge the innovation gap through partnerships and to provide support system in terms of SoPs, GLPs, regulatory compliance protocols, IP support system, market intelligence and patent informatics.

The thematic areas for the proposals are drugs and drug discovery, biotherapeutics and regenerative medicine, vaccines, clinical trials, and devices & diagnostics, bioinformatics, etc.

The scheme has two components. Academic Lead Translation (ALT) scheme is to promote validation of demonstrated proof-of-concept (PoC) for a process/product, and Academic Industry Translational Research (AITR) scheme is to promote validation of Proof-of-concept (PoC) for a process/product by academia with the involvement of industry or for validation by the industry in contract research mode.

DBT will fund the academic partner and industry will be funded by BIRAC.

The proposals with well-established proof-of-principle leading to development of prototype of a product /technology processes of national relevance or commercial potential. The projects involving clinical trials (with necessary DCGI approvals), late stage validation of the technology, containment and field trials.

The primary applicant should be an Academia and the Project Coordinator should apply with established PoC ready for validation with proven expertise in the proposed area of research; who will take responsibility for technical and managerial aspects of project execution are eligible for the proposals.

The applicant needs to submit an online application for funding by registering and logging on the DBT website www.dbtindia.nic.in. Only proposals that are submitted as per the ATGC proposal format will be considered. Pharmabiz