Deadline Date: March 8, 2026
The Centre of Excellence for Sustainability & Climate Action at C‑CAMP is inviting grant applications to support Indian innovators developing climate solutions at the nexus of biotechnology, health, and agriculture.
The focus areas of this call include reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the carbon burden through biotechnology, enabling climate‑resilient and climate‑friendly healthcare, and promoting climate‑resilient and climate‑friendly agriculture.
C‑CAMP, through its newly launched Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Sustainability & Climate Action under the Bio for Climate & Sustainability initiative, has announced the ‘Call for Climate Solutions 2026’ to identify and nurture the next generation of innovations at the intersection of climate change and life sciences. Applicants are invited to develop solutions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lower the carbon burden using biotechnological approaches, enable healthcare systems to be resilient and climate‑friendly, and support technologies that promote sustainable and climate‑resilient agriculture.
The call offers investment support of up to ₹50 Lakhs for eligible solutions, with the possibility of increased funding for technologies nearing deployment and scale‑up. Selected participants will receive access to C‑CAMP’s incubation facilities for approximately six months, along with comprehensive mentorship and handholding support across technical, regulatory, legal, intellectual property, manufacturing, and market readiness domains for the duration of the cohort. Support includes assistance with validation, deployment, and scaling of technologies and opportunities to network and connect with C‑CAMP’s broad ecosystem of stakeholders to foster future investment and societal adoption.
Indian startups and companies that have developed solutions aligned with the three major themes of the programme can apply. Solutions in bioenergy, bioplastics, waste management, circular technologies, climate‑smart industrial tech, and synthetic biology‑based innovations fall under the climate and environment theme. Technologies addressing climate‑linked infectious and vector‑borne diseases, air and water quality improvements, pandemic preparedness, and climate‑resilient healthcare delivery are part of the climate and health theme. Innovations for climate‑resilient agriculture, including climate‑resistant crop varieties, soil health monitoring, precision agriculture, biofertilizers, carbon offsetting agriculture solutions, and management of agricultural methane emissions are sought in the climate and agriculture theme.
For more information, visit C‑CAMP.
