Incubation at TIMed

TIMed's core offer. You incubate on site, in its own labs and clean space, with access to the host institute's characterisation and testing facilities. Applications are accepted and evaluated continuously — there is no cohort and no deadline.

What you get

• Office space or hot desks on rental, with reception, power and internet
• A wet lab for chemical, polymer, biochemistry, biotechnology and ceramic work, and a dry lab for electro-mechanical and instrumentation work
• Clean work space rated class 10,000, with a class 100 laminar flow bench, plus shared clean and non-clean space for cleaning, drying, packaging and sterilization
• Specialised utilities for device production: reagent water, ultrasonic component cleaning, packaging sealers and ETO and steam sterilizers
• Business and technical mentorship, matched to the stage the device is at
• Support in setting up the venture, with finance, legal, HR and regulatory inputs
• Professional assistance with risk analysis, regulatory compliance, quality management systems, technology and product documentation and ethical clearance
• Training on biocompatibility, risk management, human factors engineering, packaging and sterilization, biomaterials selection and regulatory documentation
• Stated access to SCTIMST's analytical, microscopy, mechanical, surface and coating characterisation, in vitro evaluation, metrology and calibration facilities, and to its testing, biological evaluation, large animal experiment, IP and clinical trial coordination services
• Conference room, meeting room, ideation space and lounge, and the campus canteen, library and recreational facilities

Who can apply

• Student innovators, professors, clinicians, surgeons, technicians, engineers, entrepreneurs and startup companies
• Small and medium enterprises
• Startups located anywhere in the world that plan to enter the Indian market or need specific inputs from India
• What is asked for: an innovative solution to an unmet clinical need, or know-how, IP or a strategy for affordable devices; a commitment to safe, reliable, good-quality devices; and the ability to invest or raise funding

How selection works: TIMed reviews your proposal and invites you to present to its expert committee. The committee weighs innovation content, market need, technology readiness, time to market, your ability to invest or raise funding, team profile and motivation, and whether you can demonstrate a real need for incubation on site. Incubation runs for a maximum of 36 months and is reviewed by the programme committee.

How to apply: Email a business plan, or send a short write-up through the form on the contacts page. Questions can go to timed@sctimst.ac.in.