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
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.
Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports Shanghai researchers through the Natural Science Foundation with basic research funding in scientific fields.
NSFC Research Fund for International Scientists
🇨🇳NSFC · China
Supports international researchers at Chinese host institutions with research grants for deep collaboration.
NZ — China Strategic Research Alliance for Proposals
🇳🇿MBIE · New Zealand
Funds New Zealand and Chinese partnerships advancing environmental, climate, and biomedical collaborations.
Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports Shanghai returnee scholars through Pujiang programmes for reintegration into local research ecosystems.
Shanghai Sci-Tech Little Giant Project
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports Shanghai high-tech firms through the Little Giant programme via post-development innovation subsidy.
Shenzhen International Science and Technology Cooperation Project
🇨🇳STIC-SZ · China
Supports Shanghai teams with international peers through STIC cooperation funding for joint research exchanges.
Agricultural Science and Technology Achievement Demonstration Projects
🇨🇳GDSTC · China
Funds Guangdong agricultural innovators demonstrating applied farming technologies through provincial project grants.
Shanghai Rising-Star Plan
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports emerging Shanghai science and technology talent through the Rising-Star programme for career development.
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.
R&D Super-Deduction Tax Incentive
🇨🇳STA · China
Provides Chinese companies a tax deduction framework for qualifying innovation spend through annual tax filing.
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.
ADDF Drug Development RFP
ADDF · Global / Multinational
Supports Alzheimer’s and dementia drug development from preclinical readiness to early clinical testing across diverse modalities.
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.
ADDF Prevention RFP
ADDF · Global / Multinational
Supports dementia prevention research through precision risk reduction, combination treatment testing, and effectiveness comparisons.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Therapeutic Catalyst
CRUK · United Kingdom
Supports global cancer teams through CRUK to validate novel therapeutic concepts toward patient solutions.
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.
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.
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.
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.