Grants
Sponsored Research Projects
VKL Lab is supported by prestigious national funding agencies to advance organoid engineering and stem cell biotechnology.
PI (Principal Investigator)
Placental organoid for the investigation of host-pathogen interaction and for development of novel therapeutics in Brucellosis
- Funding Agency: NIAB (National Institute of Animal Biotechnology)
- Duration: 10/2022 to 09/2025 (3 Years, Completed)
- Total Budget: Institutional Core Funding
PI (Principal Investigator)
Program on mitochondrial biology in regenerative (In collaboration with In Stem Bangalore)
- Funding Agency: i3C-BRIC-RCB (PhD Programme)
- Duration: 08/2024 to 07/2029 (6 Years, Active)
- Total Budget: Rs. 60.00 Lakhs
PI (Principal Investigator)
Program on mitochondrial biology in regenerative (In collaboration with In Stem Bangalore)
- Funding Agency: i3C-BRIC-RCB (PhD Programme)
- Duration: 08/2025 to 07/2030 (6 Years, Active)
- Total Budget: Rs. 60.00 Lakhs
PI (Principal Investigator)
Non-animal derived edible 3-D matrices for expansion and differentiation of meat precursor cells: An economically viable strategy for scaling up the bioprocess of cellular meat
- Funding Agency: DBT, Government of India
- Duration: 11/2025 to 07/2028 (3 Years, Approved)
- Total Budget: Rs. 99.99 Lakhs
Co-PI (Co-Principal Investigator)
Alternate nutrition (In collaboration with RGCB Trivandrum)
- Funding Agency: i3C-BRIC-RCB (PhD Programme)
- Duration: 08/2024 to 07/2029 (6 Years, Active)
- Total Budget: Rs. 60.00 Lakhs
Co-PI (Co-Principal Investigator)
Animal Stem Cell Biobank: Nations' First Animal Stem cell repository
- Funding Agency: BIRAC (Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council)
- Duration: 08/2025 to 07/2027 (2 Years, Active)
- Total Budget: Rs. 3400.00 Lakhs (34.0 Crores)
Co-PI (Co-Principal Investigator)
Development of Point-of-Care Dielectrophoresis Immunochromatographic devices for Multiplexed Sensitive Detection of food borne Salmonella Strains
- Funding Agency: ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research)
- Duration: 10/2025 to 09/2028 (3 Years, Active)
- Total Budget: Rs. 60.00 Lakhs
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