New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday released Rs 1,500 crore under the third phase of the Biomedical Research Career Programme (BRCP) to expand support for outstanding biomedical researchers across different career stages, and promote collaborative and translational research.
The BRCP was first initiated in 2008 by the Department of Biotechnology in partnership with the London-based Wellcome Trust, a charitable foundation focused on health research. Its third phase has a total outlay of Rs 1,500 crore, including Rs 1,000 crore from the Department of Biotechnology and Rs 500 crore from the trust.
