India's Grant Engine
for Life Sciences
& Biotech.

GrantSetu is India's #1 free grant discovery platform for Life Sciences and Biotechnology researchers. It aggregates active grant calls from DBT, BIRAC, ICMR and allied agencies - the agencies that fund biotech, biomedical, and life science research in India - into a single searchable interface, updated weekly.

GrantSetu focuses on agencies relevant to Life Sciences and Biotechnology: DBT (Department of Biotechnology - primary), BIRAC (Biotech Industry Research Assistance Council - primary), ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research - primary), CSIR (biosciences labs), Ministry of AYUSH, DST (life-sci programmes), and ANRF (cross-disciplinary).

Browsing and searching every active grant call is free, forever - no card required. The personalised newsletter (GrantSetu Pro, ₹89/month) is the paid product: one weekly email with the grant calls matched to your field plus practical AI-in-research tips. There is also an optional 1:1 grant proposal refinement service. Built by a PhD researcher for the Indian life sciences community.

Molecular Biology, Genetics & Genomics, Cell Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Immunology, Pharmacology, Neuroscience, Structural Biology, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Plant Sciences, Agricultural Biotech, Medical & Clinical Research, Public Health, Drug Discovery, Vaccine Research, Infectious Diseases, Cancer Biology, Stem Cell Research, Synthetic Biology, and Ayurveda / Traditional Medicine.

GrantSetu is updated weekly. Tracked agency portals are reviewed every week for new grant calls, updated deadlines, and closed grants.

Yes - that is GrantSetu Pro (₹89/month). Subscribe at /newsletter and get one personalised weekly email with the grant calls matched to your field plus AI-in-research tips, so you never have to refresh a dozen portals. You can also sign in and configure notification preferences from your dashboard.

Key schemes include DBT Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship, DBT-Wellcome India Alliance Early Career Fellowship, BIRAC BIG (Biotechnology Ignition Grant), ICMR Research Associate, ANRF PM-ECRG (Prime Minister's Early Career Research Grant), and DST INSPIRE Faculty Award.

Yes. Major schemes include DBT BioCARe (Career Development Programme for Women Scientists), DST WOS-A (Women Scientist Scheme), DBT-Wellcome India Alliance Women in Science programme, and ANRF POWER. GrantSetu lets you filter by eligibility for women scientists.

Browsing and searching grants stays free. If GrantSetu helped you find a call, save a deadline, or finally make sense of a budget format - send me a shaam ki chai at grantsetu.in/chai. Optional, no FOMO. Feedback works too: reply to any email and tell me what tripped you up.