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
PSIDER — Netwerksubsidies
🇳🇱ZonMw · Netherlands
Funds Dutch knowledge networks that connect institutions internationally and strengthen research communities through shared learning activities.
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.
Take-off Phase 1 — Feasibility Study (WO)
🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands
Funds Dutch academic entrepreneurs turning innovative ideas into commercially viable feasibility-focused technology studies.
VFF Early Stage Financing
🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands
Supports early-stage venture financing that helps start-ups turn prototypes into scalable, innovation-driven products.
Infectieziektebestrijding — Verspreiding en implementatie impuls
🇳🇱ZonMw · Netherlands
Funds Dutch translational studies to spread infectious disease control knowledge and turn evidence into routine practice.
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.
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.
Dutch Research Agenda (NWA)
🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands
Funds Dutch strategic research collaborations and pilot projects linked to national opportunities and societal challenges.
Innovation Credit (Innovatiekrediet)
🇳🇱EZK · Netherlands
Funds high-risk Dutch innovation projects through a repayable government credit instrument.
Knowledge and Innovation Covenant (KIC)
🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands
Funds multi-sector consortium research in the Netherlands with private co-financing for innovation readiness.
MIT SME Innovation Grants
🇳🇱EZK · Netherlands
Supports Dutch small businesses with MIT Innovation Grants for projects in priority sectors and practical technology development.
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.
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.
Eurostars — 11th
🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands
Connects Dutch businesses to international consortia through Eurostars 11th Call to build joint innovation projects.
Invest-NL Direct Financing
🇳🇱Invest-NL · Netherlands
Funds Dutch scale-ups with equity, mezzanine, and venture debt when conventional markets are constrained.
Open Technology Programme
🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands
Funds Dutch applied technology research in universities and public institutes through collaborative calls.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Eurostars Call 11
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds small and medium enterprises across Europe via Eurostars Call 11 for collaborative innovation with international partners.
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.
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.