Biotech grants in Canada
Explore Biotech grants for companies in Canada. This list brings together funding for drug discovery, diagnostics, cell and gene therapy, biomanufacturing and life-science research from Canadian innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in Canada, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Biotech in Canada come first.
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Alcohol Treatment, Pharmacotherapy, and Recovery Research (R01)
NIH · United States
Funds work on treating and recovering from alcohol use disorder — new medicines, behavioural therapy, and the technology behind both. A trial is compulsory.
Alcohol Treatment, Pharmacotherapy, and Recovery Research (R34)
NIH · United States
Funds the groundwork before an alcohol treatment trial — team, protocol and tools. The title requires a trial; the published summary describes a different call.
Artificial Intelligence + Origin of Life Prize
Natural Code · United States
Pays $100,000, and up to $10 million if patentable, for solving the origin of genetic code.
Assay development and screening for discovery of chemical probes, drugs or immunomodulators
NIH · United States
Funds the early end of drug discovery — building the assay, running the screen, and validating the hits into something worth chasing.
BioInc Pitch Competition
Mansfield BioInc · United States
Awards $125K in cash, lab space and services to biotech startups pitching for investors.
Career Development Award
Conquer Cancer · Global / Multinational
Funds oncology physician development during initial faculty leadership years to strengthen real-world implementation.
Cellular and Molecular Biology of Complex Brain Disorders (R01)
NIH · United States
Funds full projects on what genetic risk factors for brain disorders actually do inside cells, synapses and circuits.
Cellular and Molecular Biology of Complex Brain Disorders (R21)
NIH · United States
Funds short, exploratory work on what genetic risk factors for brain disorders actually do inside cells and circuits.
Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) High Throughput Sequencing and Genotyping Resource Access
NIH · United States
Funds access to NIH's genotyping and sequencing lab, not a cash award, for research that needs large-scale genetic data.
Cure SMA Basic Research Grant
Cure SMA · United States
Funds novel research on spinal muscular atrophy biology and drug target identification worldwide.
Deep Tech Geeks Startups Competition
Deep Tech MEA · United Arab Emirates
Awards a free exhibition pod, travel and mentorship to deep-tech scale-ups that place in this annual competition at GITEX North Star in Dubai.
Deep Tech Startup Pitch Competition
Deep Tech Atelier · Latvia
Lets early-stage deep tech founders worldwide pitch investors live for partner prizes in Riga.
Drug Development Project
CRUK · United Kingdom
Sponsors and directly runs cancer drug development, in place of a cash grant.
FSHD Bonus Prize
XPRIZE · United States
Pays teams from a $10 million purse for therapeutics that measurably improve muscle function in people with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, run as a track alongside the main XPRIZE Healthspan competition.
Gates Foundation Grand Challenges — Portfolio
Gates Foundation · United States
Supports global health innovators through rotating challenge themes in diagnostics, nutrition, and development-focused technologies for public impact.
HDF Postdoctoral Fellowship
Hereditary Disease Foundation · Global / Multinational
Supports postdoctoral scientists building independent research careers in Huntington disease science with collaboration and translational focus.
HDF Research Grant
Hereditary Disease Foundation · Global / Multinational
Supports Huntington disease researchers pursuing creative studies and translational advances toward stronger care, biomarkers, and disease understanding.
INCITE — Proposals
DOE SC · United States
Supports allocation of exascale compute resources for scientific codes and high-impact computing studies.
International Innovation Grant
Conquer Cancer · Global / Multinational
Funds global oncology innovation programs in low-resource partner institutions to strengthen real-world implementation.
LifeArc Early Ventures
🇬🇧LifeArc · United Kingdom
Funds early-stage life science ventures with seed and Series A equity across therapeutics and medical device innovation.
Long-term International Fellowship
Conquer Cancer · Global / Multinational
Funds oncologists from lower-income settings through long-term international fellowships to strengthen real-world implementation.
MJFF Targets to Therapies: Mitochondrial Target Validation
MJFF · United States
Supports mitochondrial target validation in Parkinson's research to build stronger therapy-ready evidence.
MJFF Therapeutics Pipeline Program — Pre-Proposals
MJFF · United States
Supports Parkinson's disease research teams in the MJFF Therapeutics Pipeline with sustained coaching toward therapeutic candidate development.
NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) and Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Biospecimen Access
NIH · United States
Funds requests for biospecimen and data access from the ABCD, HBCD and PATH studies on adolescent brain development and tobacco use.