Financial Assistance for Intellectual Property (IP) Support

The IP Support programme helps student innovators and startups secure intellectual property rights, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, designs and related registrations. Support is reimbursement-style and is disbursed through facilitators empanelled by i-Hub, released in two instalments.

What you get

• Assistance towards the cost of securing IP rights
• Access to a panel of empanelled IP facilitators

Who can apply

• Students and startup founders, co-founders, directors or partners up to 35 years of age
• Applicants who meet one of several conditions, such as being eligible or a beneficiary under the state innovation policy, a beneficiary of another Government of Gujarat startup scheme, a beneficiary of an i-Hub programme, or a startup registered with the Registrar of Companies in Gujarat and recognised by DPIIT
• Teams from the ideation stage through to growth and scaling

How to apply: Apply through i-Hub and select an IP facilitator from the empanelled list. Questions go to ipfc@ihubgujarat.in.