Marine environments provide a plethora of ecosystem services besides being home to a variety of biological resources. Various bacteria, fungi and micro-and macro-algae with proven proven bioprospecting potential have been isolated from marine waters for many years. Marine/aquatic systems are also an abundant source of biomass which feeds into several downstream industries such as food additives, biostimulants, biomaterials, etc. The rapid growth of Blue Economy has positioned it as a cornerstone for sustainable developments. India is a fortunate nation with a coastline of 11,098 km and an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 2.1 million sq. km. However our share of global seaweed production is currently low and there exists significant untapped potential. Hence, DBT and BIRAC envision developing a biomanufacturing ecosystem based on futuristic marine research to tap the oceanic resources and oceanic space for meeting the growing needs of food, energy, chemicals,materials and helping to reduce our continuous dependency on resources.
In view of this, DBT and BIRAC invite proposals on ‘Futuristic Marine Research' under the BioE3 policy under following 2 categories:
(i) Discovery & Application-oriented Integrated Network Research
(ii) Bridging the Gap for scale up
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