Alignment & Awareness Event for Publicity of DSIR - Promoting Innovations in Individuals, Start-ups and MSMEs (DSIR-PRISM)
(Download 451KB) 30 March 2021, Senate Room, IIT Delhi 
[26 MAR 2021]
PRISM (Promoting Innovations in Individuals, Start-ups and MSMEs) scheme aims at to support individual innovators which will enable to achieve the agenda of inclusive development - one of the thrust areas of XIIth five year plan (2012-2017). It would also provide support to institutions or organizations set up as Autonomous Organization under a specific statute or as a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 or Indian Trusts Act, 1882 leading to development of state-of-art new technology solutions aimed at helping MSME clusters.
Who can apply
Any Indian citizen having innovative idea and wish to translate their idea into working prototypes/models/processes; public funded institutions or organizations viz. Autonomous Organizations or Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 or Indian Trusts Act, 1882 engaged in promotion of innovation.
Thrust Areas
The proposals shall preferably be considered in the following focus sectors: Green technology, Clean energy, Industrially utilizable smart materials, Waste to Wealth, Affordable Healthcare, Water & Sewage Management and any other technology or knowledge intensive area.
Programs and Eligibility
| Program | Eligibility |
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PRISM Phase-I |
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| Category-I: Proof of Concept/ Prototypes/ Models Maximum support may be limited to 2.00 lakh or 90% of the total project cost whichever is lower. |
Any Indian citizen including student innovator can avail support to develop their novel idea into demonstrable models/prototypes. |
| Category-II: Fabrication of working model/process know-how/ testing and trial/patenting/technology transfer etc. (Innovation Incubation) Maximum support may be limited to 20.00 lakh or 90% of the total project cost whichever is lower. |
Any Indian citizen having innovative ideas. |
PRISM- Phase-II (Enterprise Incubation) |
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| Maximum support may be up to 50.00 lakh limited to 50% of the total project cost. The support may be provided for scaling up technology based innovations, including patenting/design registration/trademark registry/ technology transfer to develop a marketable product/process towards enterprise creation. | Successful PRISM innovators or innovators who have successfully demonstrated proof of concept with the support of other government institutions/agency. |
PRISM-R&D Proposals |
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| Maximum support may be up to 50.00 lakh, limited to 50% of the total project cost for developing technology solutions aimed at helping MSME clusters. | Any R&D institute / autonomous institutions/public funded laboratories/ academic institutes and so on. |
PRISM Guidelines and Application Forms [12 JUL 13]
- General Guidelines for TePP Outreach cum Cluster Innovation Centre (TOCICs) (Download 411KB) [PDF] [RTF]
- PRISM_ Phase-I: Individual Innovator Proposals: Category I: Proof of Concept/Prototypes/Models (Download 421KB) [PDF] [RTF]
- PRISM_ Phase-I: Individual Innovator Proposals: Category II: Fabrication of Working Model/Process Know-how/Testing & Trial/Patenting/Technology Transfer (Download 336KB)[PDF] [RTF]
- PRISM_ Phase-II(Download 360KB) [PDF] [RTF]
- PRISM _ R&D Proposals (MSME CLUSTERS)(Download 166KB) [PDF] [RTF]
Terms & Conditions for the projects considered for support under PRISM (Download 261KB) [PDF] [RTF] [12 JUL 13]
TePP Outreach cum Cluster Innovation Centres (TOCICs)
Click Here (Download 166KB) for List of TePP Outreach cum Cluster Innovation Centres (TOCICs) [20 JUN 18]
Reports
- Click Here (Download 9.35MB) for Impact Study Report of DSIR-PRISM scheme [14 SEP 2023] NEW
- Click Here for Impact Study Video of DSIR-PRISM scheme [14 SEP 2023] NEW
Advertisements
- PRISM Advertisement -- Call for Proposals (Download 71KB) [04 FEB 14]
- PRISM Advertisement-- Call for Proposals for TePP Outreach cum Cluster Innovation Centres (TOCICs) (Download 166KB) -- Last date for submission of Proposals: 26th July 2013 [12 JUL 2013]
Tenders
For undertaking Independent/Third Party Evaluation of Technopreneur Promotion Programme (TePP) of Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology (Download 466KB) [07 OCT 13]
For additional information, Contact:
| Dr P K Dutta | Dr Tripta Garg |
|---|---|
| Scientist 'G' and Head Department of Scientific & Industrial Research Room No 524, 5th Floor, New Building Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road New Delhi-110016 Phone: (011) 26590658, 26590394 |
Scientist 'E' and Member Secretary Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Room No 536, 5th Floor, New Building Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi - 110 016 Telephone: (011) 26590364 |
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Last Updated : 12/10/2023
