PRISM (Promoting Innovations In Individuals, Start-Ups and MSMEs) at TOCIC-SPMVV

PRISM is a scheme of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. The TOCIC-SPMVV centre at the university is a nodal centre for it, and helps innovators turn ideas into working prototypes and then into enterprises.

What you get

• Phase I (innovation incubation): support for proof of concept, prototypes and models, or for fabrication, testing, patenting and technology transfer.
• Phase II (enterprise incubation): support for scaling up a technology-based innovation towards a marketable product or process.
• PRISM R&D proposals: support for technology solutions that help MSME clusters.
• Support is capped at a share of the total project cost.

Who can apply

• Phase I: any Indian citizen with an innovative idea, including student innovators.
• Phase II: successful PRISM innovators, or innovators who have shown proof of concept with support from another government institution or agency.
• R&D proposals: research institutes, autonomous institutions, public-funded laboratories and academic institutes.

Focus areas: green technology, clean energy, industrially utilizable smart materials, waste to wealth, affordable healthcare, water and sewage management, and other technology or knowledge-intensive areas.

How to apply: The PRISM guidelines and application forms are listed on the TOCIC site. The forms listed there are marked 12 July 2013, so confirm the current call with the centre before you apply.