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Biotech grants in the Netherlands

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

Showing 1-24 of 628 grants

ZonMw — Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development logo
Open

PSIDER — Netwerksubsidies

🇳🇱ZonMw · Netherlands

Funds Dutch knowledge networks that connect institutions internationally and strengthen research communities through shared learning activities.

Biotech
Sep'26
Dutch Research Council (NWO) logo
Open

Take-off Phase 2 — Early-Stage Loan (Vroegefasetraject)

🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands

Invests Netherlands firms in knowledge startups building commercialization-ready products through structured financing and growth-oriented milestones.

AgritechAI+14
€50K – €450KSep'26
Dutch Research Council (NWO) logo
Open

Take-off Phase 1 — Feasibility Study (WO)

🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands

Funds Dutch academic entrepreneurs turning innovative ideas into commercially viable feasibility-focused technology studies.

AgritechAI+14
€30K – €60KDec'26
Netherlands Enterprise Agency logo
Open

VFF Early Stage Financing

🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands

Supports early-stage venture financing that helps start-ups turn prototypes into scalable, innovation-driven products.

AIBiotech+6
€450KDec'26
ZonMw — Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development logo
Open

Infectieziektebestrijding — Verspreiding en implementatie impuls

🇳🇱ZonMw · Netherlands

Funds Dutch translational studies to spread infectious disease control knowledge and turn evidence into routine practice.

Biotech
Dec'28
ZonMw — Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development logo
Open

Alcohol Prevention: Strengthening Practice (Alcoholpreventie: versterken van de praktijk)

🇳🇱ZonMw · Netherlands

Funds Dutch organizations to implement evidence-based alcohol prevention knowledge in practical public health programs and community settings.

Biotech
Invest-NL logo
Open

Dutch Future Fund (DFF I & II)

🇳🇱Invest-NL · Netherlands

Funds Dutch venture and growth managers investing in clean transition, deep technology, life science, and digital ventures.

AgritechAI+9
€5M – €25M
Dutch Research Council (NWO) logo
Open

Dutch Research Agenda (NWA)

🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands

Funds Dutch strategic research collaborations and pilot projects linked to national opportunities and societal challenges.

AIBiotech+5
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (Netherlands) logo
Open

Innovation Credit (Innovatiekrediet)

🇳🇱EZK · Netherlands

Funds high-risk Dutch innovation projects through a repayable government credit instrument.

AIBiotech+8
Dutch Research Council (NWO) logo
Open

Knowledge and Innovation Covenant (KIC)

🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands

Funds multi-sector consortium research in the Netherlands with private co-financing for innovation readiness.

AgritechAI+7
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (Netherlands) logo
Open

MIT SME Innovation Grants

🇳🇱EZK · Netherlands

Supports Dutch small businesses with MIT Innovation Grants for projects in priority sectors and practical technology development.

AIAgritech+8
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (Netherlands) logo
Open

TKI-toeslag Top Sector Co-Funding

🇳🇱EZK · Netherlands

Supports Dutch innovation consortia through TKI-toeslag with public top up for high impact private-sector development work.

AIAgritech+8
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (Netherlands) logo
Open

WBSO R&D Wage-Tax Credit

🇳🇱EZK · Netherlands

Funds Dutch companies with wage support through WBSO, reducing personnel costs for approved science and innovation activity.

AIBiotech+8
Netherlands Enterprise Agency logo
Between cycles

Eurostars — 11th

🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands

Connects Dutch businesses to international consortia through Eurostars 11th Call to build joint innovation projects.

AIBiotech+6
€500K
Invest-NL logo
Between cycles

Invest-NL Direct Financing

🇳🇱Invest-NL · Netherlands

Funds Dutch scale-ups with equity, mezzanine, and venture debt when conventional markets are constrained.

AgritechBiotech+8
€5M – €50M
Dutch Research Council (NWO) logo
Between cycles

Open Technology Programme

🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands

Funds Dutch applied technology research in universities and public institutes through collaborative calls.

AIBiotech+12
€950K – €1.1M
EC
Closed

EUREKA CH-NL Call: Cell and Gene Therapy Towards Clinical Practice

🇨🇭EUREKA CH-NL · Global / Multinational

Funds joint Swiss-Dutch R&D projects moving cell and gene therapies toward clinical use.

BiotechMedtech
ZonMw — Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development logo
Closed

Large Trials Round 7 — Good Use of Medicines (Grote Trials Ronde 7 — Goed Gebruik Geneesmiddelen)

🇳🇱ZonMw · Netherlands

Funds large Dutch clinical trials producing evidence for safer, more effective, and cost efficient medicine use.

BiotechMedtech
ZonMw — Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development logo
Closed

NWA Reducing Drug Harm — Pre-applications Phase 1 (Drugsschade terugdringen)

🇳🇱ZonMw · Netherlands

Funds Dutch research and societal consortia investigating drug-related harm and testing interventions to improve public policy outcomes.

BiotechAI
€1.1M
ZonMw — Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development logo
Closed

Pilots Infectious Disease Control — From Small Steps to Great Insights (Pilots Infectieziektebestrijding — van kleine stappen naar grote inzichten)

🇳🇱ZonMw · Netherlands

Funds Dutch pilot studies in infectious disease prevention that generate practical insights for wider implementation.

Biotech
ZonMw — Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development logo
Closed

Research Impulse for Infectious Disease Control (Onderzoeksimpuls Infectieziektebestrijding)

🇳🇱ZonMw · Netherlands

Funds Dutch teams that strengthen ongoing infectious disease programmes with applied research and practical health system integration.

Biotech
EUREKA Network logo
Open

Eurostars Call 11

🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational

Funds small and medium enterprises across Europe via Eurostars Call 11 for collaborative innovation with international partners.

AIBiotech+12
Sep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Euratom Radiation Protection Partnership (PIANOFORTE)

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds PIANOFORTE’s 2026-27 continuation, an EU radiation-safety research partnership — only for its current members and any partner who joins them.

MedtechBiotech
€15MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

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.

BiotechMedtech
€15MSep'26

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