Overview

• The programme will run from 2025–26 for six years under a DBT–Wellcome Trust partnership executed through India Alliance.
• Phase III includes early career and intermediate fellowships across basic, clinical and public health, a collaborative grants programme with career development and catalytic grants, and a research management track.
• Government targets include training over 2,000 students and postdoctoral fellows, generating high-impact publications, enabling patentable discoveries, expanding work in Tier-2/3 locations, and increasing support for women researchers by 10–15%.
• Officials outlined translational goals with 25–30% of collaborative projects expected to reach technology readiness level 4 or higher.
• Media reports differ on the DBT–Wellcome funding split even as the total outlay of ₹1,500 crore is confirmed, and one outlet reports grant approvals through 2030–31 with a further six-year window to 2037–38.