Deadline: 18 February 2016
Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (CEFIPRA) in partnership with Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) and Bpifrance is currently inviting Expressions of Interest to support Innovative Collaborative Projects between Indian & French SMEs/Companies/startups in the area of red biotechnology up to commercialization.
Focus Areas
The Project proposal should focus on the development of industrial application oriented health technologies in the areas of:
- Digital healthcare: ehealth, Tele-monitoring, Tele-care connected health, health IT, Big data, e-patients, internet of M-health things “m-IoT”, 4Ghealth.
- Individualized medicine: Development of therapeutic solutions for individual patients, repaired human, pharmacogenetics.
Grant Information
The funding support per project could be range from Rs. 50 lakhs (equivalent to 67800 euro) to Rs. 3Cr (equivalent to 800 000 euro).
Eligibility Criteria
- Project shall have at least one Company from India and one from France each as Joint.
- A registered Company from India along with the registered company from France or Vis-à-vis shall be the Joint Applicant s(1+1 model). The applicant could be start-up / SME Company of both regions. They can have Co- Applicants and Collaborators from Academia, Research Institution, National Laboratory, Clinical Establishment, For Profit Company, Not-for-Profit Organization, Society, LLP, Trust or Foundation. Research partners in France can participate as subcontractors of a company. Their cost will be included in the funding base of the company.
- The Principal Applicants of both regions will be the lead investigator who will be the contact point regarding further project follow up, if the application is successful. Correspondences about the application/Project will be with the Principal Applicants from India and France respectively.
- A joint application is where two (or more) organisations will administer funds or if funding payments are to be made in more than one currency.
- Applicants and the Co-applicants shall enter into a Joint Research Agreement before disbursement of funds. It should include a clear determination of Intellectual Property management Plan such as sharing of the rights, interests, protection and maintenance cost and royalties as well as other liabilities among themselves.
- For BIRAC:
- An Indian Company is defined as one which is registered under the Indian Companies
- Act 1956 and in which more than 51 % of the ownership is held by Indian Citizens (not OCI or PIO).
- A start-up Company is defined as one which is incorporated in the last 3 (three) years from the date of ‘ Joint Call for Proposals’
- A Collaborator is an individual who will supply technical advice, reagents, samples or data for the project, but who would not normally be involved in the day-to-day execution of the project (unlike applicants and co-applicants). Collaborator involvement should be governed by appropriate legal agreements.
- All the Co-Applicants shall be entities established under the relevant Law of the Land.
- For Bpifrance: All kind of civil companies whatever size or date of creation, Research institutes, big companies) can participate in the projects without public funding.
- The main participant in France must be an SME (up to 2000 employees)
- Firms having more than 2000 and less than 5000 employees considering a joint project with an Indian partner should contact the program managers before filing an Expression of Interest.
How to Apply
- Applicants must download the Joint Expressions of Interest (JEOI), available onthe website.
- Applications must be submitted via email.
For more information, please visit Indo-French Joint Call.
