Biotech grants in Ireland
Explore Biotech grants for companies in Ireland. This list brings together funding for drug discovery, diagnostics, cell and gene therapy, biomanufacturing and life-science research from Irish innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, EU and international programs open to applicants in Ireland, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Biotech in Ireland come first.
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EIT Health Catapult 10th Edition
🇪🇺EIT Health · European Union
Runs research teams and institutions for EIT Health Catapult Edition in biotechnology, medical technology, and artificial intelligence.
ERC Starting Grant
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds early-career researchers building an independent research team and pursuing frontier research through an ERC Starting Grant hosted at a public or private research organisation.
Horizon Cancer Mission: Microbiome Early Detection
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a €15M project that turns microbiome signals into a test for spotting cancer risk years ahead of any symptoms.
Horizon Cancer Mission: Ukraine Research Capacity
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a €5M programme that pairs EU and Associated Country research institutions with Ukrainian cancer centres for joint training and staff exchanges.
Horizon Cancer Mission: Virtual Human Twins
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds up to four €8-9M grants for teams building AI-driven digital models of a patient's cancer to predict how it develops and guide personalised treatment.
Horizon Cancer: Pragmatic Immunotherapy Trials
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds three pragmatic clinical trials, €7-8M each, testing existing cancer immunotherapies in real-world care for patients whose disease resists treatment.
Horizon Soil Mission: Antimicrobial Resistance in Soils
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €7M projects that map how antimicrobial resistance develops in soil and turn it into guidance for policymakers and land managers.
SPRIND Challenges
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Runs themed competitions in which teams compete over several stages to solve one defined technical problem.
SPRIND Funke
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Supports early-stage German innovators through a pilot challenge route with mentoring and development funding.
EIC Pathfinder Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds bottom-up research for breakthrough deep-tech, any field of science.
EIC Transition Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports European deep-tech ventures advancing laboratory research toward validated prototypes and near-market technologies.
'Proof of market' to improve valorisation and commercialisation of Horizon generated R&I results
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays up to 25 small consortia EUR 200,000 each to test the commercial exploitation potential of results that already came out of earlier Horizon Europe or Horizon 2020 Cluster 4 projects.
Accelerating the Development of Prophylactic Vaccines Against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Sub-Saharan Africa
🇪🇺EDCTP3 · European Union
Funds clinical trials of prophylactic vaccines against neglected tropical diseases such as schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis and leprosy in sub-Saharan Africa.
Advanced Innovation Challenges – Pilot
🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union
Pays deep-tech start-ups, SMEs and research organisations a €300,000 lump sum in Stage 1, then up to €2.5 million in Stage 2, to push high-risk breakthrough innovations that lack commercial uptake toward real-world, demand-tested deployment.
Advancing Cell Secretome-Based Therapies
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds early clinical trials of therapies built from the molecules cells secrete rather than the cells themselves, aiming for an off-the-shelf alternative to cell therapy.
Agri-food Biotech Scaling-up
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funded collaborative projects that help agri-food biotech SMEs scale fermentation-based products from lab to pilot and commercial scale.
Agri-food Biotech Scaling-up (SMP-COSME-BIOAGRIFOOD)
🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union
Backs research teams and institutions for Agri food Biotech Scaling up in agriculture innovation, biotechnology, and food technology.
Alternative biomanufacturing routes for natural and synthetic rubber
🇪🇺CBE JU · European Union
Funds research into biomanufactured alternatives to imported natural rubber and fossil-based synthetic rubber for automotive, healthcare and industrial uses.
Bio-based and biodegradable delivery systems for fertilising products to reduce microplastics pollution & promote soil health
🇪🇺CBE JU · European Union
Funds research into bio-based, biodegradable delivery coatings for fertilisers that replace today's microplastic-shedding polymer coatings.
Bio-based drop-ins/smart drop-in platform chemicals, via cost-effective, sustainable and resource-efficient conversion of biomass
🇪🇺CBE JU · European Union
Funds a full-scale biorefinery that produces bio-based drop-in platform chemicals able to compete directly with their fossil-based equivalents.
Bioengineering in the Space Environment
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 200,000 euros to study bioengineering business ideas that use microgravity.
Bioprospecting and optimised production of marine/aquatic natural products in the omics & artificial intelligence era
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds biodiscovery projects that use AI and digital tools to find and sustainably produce new natural compounds from marine and freshwater organisms.
Bioprospecting and optimized production of the terrestrial natural products: new opportunities for bio-based sectors
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds companies discovering and scaling up bioactive natural compounds from land-based organisms for pharma, cosmetics, food and other markets.
Bioremediation for Polluted European Waters
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds biotechnology and monitoring tools that remove persistent contaminants from marine, freshwater and groundwater systems.