CSR Grant for Sustainable Ingredients

About

The CSR Grant for Sustainable Ingredients, organized by Venture Center and Kemin Industries South Asia Pvt. Ltd., invites Indian entrepreneurs and startups to apply for funding up to INR 5 Lac to develop innovative solutions in sustainable ingredients and materials for feed, food, and nutrition, with a focus on social impact and technology incubation, while encouraging participation from women and first-generation entrepreneurs.

Benefits

• Grant funding up to INR 5 Lac per grantee
• Funding can be used for R&D, raw materials, manpower, patent filing, and contingency costs
• Support for conducting proof of concept studies and prototype development

Eligibility Criteria

• Must be based in India
• Project Leader must be an Indian citizen aged 18+
• Project must focus on sustainable ingredients/materials for feed, food, and nutrition
• Preference for women entrepreneurs, first-generation entrepreneurs, and social enterprises
• Project must define a technology solution to a well-defined problem