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Biotech grants in China

Explore Biotech grants for companies in China. This list brings together funding for drug discovery, diagnostics, cell and gene therapy, biomanufacturing and life-science research from Chinese innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in China, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Biotech in China come first.

Showing 25-48 of 333 grants

Hangzhou Municipal Human Resources & Social Security Bureau logo
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Creating the World Competition

🇨🇳Hangzhou HR & Social Security Bureau · China

Administers Hangzhou's Creating the World competition for overseas returnees and foreign nationals launching technology ventures.

AIBiotech+5
CN¥10K – CN¥5M
Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission logo
Closed

Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai

🇨🇳STCSM · China

Supports Shanghai researchers through the Natural Science Foundation with basic research funding in scientific fields.

BiotechAI+3
CN¥200K – CN¥250K
National Natural Science Foundation of China logo
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NSFC Research Fund for International Scientists

🇨🇳NSFC · China

Supports international researchers at Chinese host institutions with research grants for deep collaboration.

BiotechAI+6
CN¥200K – CN¥800K
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment — Science & Innovation logo
Closed

NZ — China Strategic Research Alliance for Proposals

🇳🇿MBIE · New Zealand

Funds New Zealand and Chinese partnerships advancing environmental, climate, and biomedical collaborations.

Climate TechBiotech+1
NZD 330K
Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission logo
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Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan

🇨🇳STCSM · China

Supports Shanghai returnee scholars through Pujiang programmes for reintegration into local research ecosystems.

AIBiotech+2
CN¥150K – CN¥300K
Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission logo
Closed

Shanghai Sci-Tech Little Giant Project

🇨🇳STCSM · China

Supports Shanghai high-tech firms through the Little Giant programme via post-development innovation subsidy.

AISemiconductors+4
CN¥1M – CN¥1.5M
Shenzhen Science, Technology and Innovation Commission logo
Closed

Shenzhen International Science and Technology Cooperation Project

🇨🇳STIC-SZ · China

Supports Shanghai teams with international peers through STIC cooperation funding for joint research exchanges.

AIBiotech+5
CN¥1M
Guangdong Department of Science and Technology logo
Closed

Agricultural Science and Technology Achievement Demonstration Projects

🇨🇳GDSTC · China

Funds Guangdong agricultural innovators demonstrating applied farming technologies through provincial project grants.

AgritechFood Tech+2
CN¥3M
Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission logo
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Shanghai Rising-Star Plan

🇨🇳STCSM · China

Supports emerging Shanghai science and technology talent through the Rising-Star programme for career development.

AIBiotech+3
CN¥200K – CN¥400K
Hangzhou Municipal Human Resources & Social Security Bureau logo
Open

Hangzhou 131 Young Talent Plan — Selection

🇨🇳Hangzhou HR & Social Security Bureau · China

Offers Hangzhou researchers and professionals annual recognition stipends focused on capability development and employer support.

CN¥30K – CN¥200K
State Taxation Administration of China logo
Between cycles

R&D Super-Deduction Tax Incentive

🇨🇳STA · China

Provides Chinese companies a tax deduction framework for qualifying innovation spend through annual tax filing.

Ministry of Finance / SME Bureau (MIIT) logo
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SME Development Fund of China

🇨🇳MOF+MIIT · China

Funds Chinese innovative small and medium-sized enterprises via commitments to specialist funds managed by MIIT-linked structures.

CN¥1M – CN¥300M
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation logo
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ADDF Drug Development RFP

ADDF · Global / Multinational

Supports Alzheimer’s and dementia drug development from preclinical readiness to early clinical testing across diverse modalities.

BiotechMedtech
$5MSep'26
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation logo
Open

ADDF Neuroimaging and CSF Biomarker RFP

ADDF · Global / Multinational

Funds new biomarkers for Alzheimer's and related dementias through PET ligands, MRI, spinal fluid, and brain activity measures.

BiotechMedtech
$600KSep'26
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation logo
Open

ADDF Prevention RFP

ADDF · Global / Multinational

Supports dementia prevention research through precision risk reduction, combination treatment testing, and effectiveness comparisons.

BiotechMedtech
$5MSep'26
EIT Health logo
Open

Entrepreneurship & Innovation Micro-Credentials Call

EIT Health · European Union

Funds a consortium to build a new EIT Label-certified micro-credentials programme teaching entrepreneurship and innovation to healthcare students.

MedtechBiotech
€150KSep'26
CD
Open

FY26 Reconstructive Transplant Research Program Concept Award

CDMRP · United States

Funds small, high-risk exploratory research into reconstructive transplantation and vascularized composite allotransplantation for wounded Service Members and Veterans.

BiotechMedtech
$200KSep'26
DI
Open

Novel Technologies for Rapid Proof of Clean in Professional Environments

Diversey · United States

Pays $10,000 for a genuinely new way to verify cleanliness in under 30 minutes.

HardwareBiotech
$10KSep'26
National Institutes of Health logo
Open

Metastasis Research Network

NIH · United States

Funds four centres to work out how cancer actually spreads — each on one theme, through two or three interlocking basic research projects.

Biotech
$1.3MSep'26
Cancer Research UK logo
Open

Therapeutic Catalyst

CRUK · United Kingdom

Supports global cancer teams through CRUK to validate novel therapeutic concepts toward patient solutions.

BiotechMedtech
£350KSep'26
GF
Open

Innovations in Low-Cost and Simplified Pathogen Sequencing Workflows

Gates Foundation · Global / Multinational

Funds teams up to $800,000 to build cheap pathogen-sequencing workflows for poorer countries.

Biotech
$800KSep'26
Gates Foundation logo
Open

Innovations in Low-Cost and Simplified Pathogen Sequencing Workflows

Gates Foundation · United States

Funds research teams building low-cost, simplified pathogen-sequencing workflows that bring the cost of sequencing a sample down to about US$1-10 for use in low- and middle-income countries.

Biotech
$300K – $800KSep'26
National Institutes of Health logo
Open

Establishing a Center for the Advancement of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Pharmacotherapeutics through Training and Preclinical Support

NIH · United States

Funds one centre that trains researchers in formal drug development for substance use disorder and pays to test their best ideas.

Biotech
Sep'26
National Institutes of Health logo
Open

Cooperative Agreement for In Vivo High-Resolution Imaging for Inner Ear Visualization

NIH · United States

Funds high-risk clinical trials of new ways to see inside the living human inner ear. A trial is compulsory, and NIH stays in the room.

MedtechPhotonics+1
$500KOct'26

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