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Biotech grants in the United Kingdom

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

Showing 25-48 of 775 grants

Alzheimer's Research UK logo
Open

Pilot Projects

🇬🇧ARUK · United Kingdom

Funds early dementia science concepts in the United Kingdom with exploratory research support.

BiotechMedtech+1
£70KOct'26
Medical Research Council logo
Open

Collaborate with the UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative

🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom

Test an academic-industry functional-genomics idea and generate early data.

BiotechMedtech+1
Nov'26
Medical Research Council logo
Open

UKRI translation: MRC proof of concept: stage two

🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom

Funding for invited academic-led translational health projects.

BiotechMedtech+3
Nov'26
Melanoma Research Alliance logo
Open

MRA Pilot Award

🇺🇸MRA · United States

Funds high-risk melanoma proof-of-concept efforts through grants for high-impact experimental ideas.

BiotechMedtech
Nov'26
Melanoma Research Alliance logo
Open

MRA Young Investigator Award

🇺🇸MRA · United States

Supports early-career melanoma researchers through fellowships and grants that launch independent research direction.

BiotechMedtech
Nov'26
Medical Research Council logo
Open

UKRI Translation: MRC Impact Acceleration Awards

🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom

Single-step support for high-risk medical product development.

AIBiotech+2
£50K – £300KNov'26
Medical Research Council logo
Open

UKRI Translation: MRC Proof of Concept: stage one

🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom

Funding for academic-led development of novel health interventions.

BiotechMedtech+1
Nov'26
Medical Research Council logo
Open

UK Obesity Research Institute: full application

🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom

Establish a collaborative institute for mechanistic obesity research.

BiotechMedtech+1
Nov'26
Innovate UK logo
Open

UK-Singapore CRD 2026

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funding for UK-Singapore industrial research collaborations.

AIBiotech+7
£100K – £900KDec'26
DB
Open

Visa Fees Reimbursement Scheme for Scale Ups

🇬🇧DBT · United Kingdom

Visa-fee reimbursement for eligible international hires at UK scale-ups.

Climate TechEnergy Tech+3
£500 – £25KMar'27
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council logo
Open

Connecting Culture Fund

🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom

Funding for research culture activities at BBSRC strategically funded institutes.

Biotech
Sep'27
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology logo
Open

Life Sciences Transformational R&D Investment Fund (TRIF) Pilot

🇬🇧DSIT · United Kingdom

Capital grants for large-scale UK life sciences R&D investments.

BiotechMedtech+1
£5M – £25MApr'28
HRB (Health Research Board Ireland) logo
Open

US-Ireland R&D Partnership

🇮🇪HRB (Health Research Board Ire · Ireland

Connects United States and United Kingdom researchers through joint biomedical innovation grants.

BiotechMedtech+1
€700KOct'28
Innovate UK logo
Open

Accelerated Knowledge Transfer Partnerships 6

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Supports rapid partnerships between United Kingdom businesses and academic teams to transfer innovation into commercialization.

AIAgritech+7
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council logo
Open

BBSRC Applicant-Led (Responsive Mode) — Always Open

🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom bioscience researchers through responsive grants that fund investigator-led foundational innovation.

BiotechAgritech+5
£2M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council logo
Open

BBSRC Brazil pump-priming award (FAPPA)

🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom

Support for UK–Brazil research collaboration with FAPESP scientists.

Biotech
£35K
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council logo
Open

BBSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode

🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom

Support for new investigator-led biotechnology and biological research.

BiotechAgritech+2
£2M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council logo
Open

BBSRC standard research grant: applicant-led mode

🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom

Funding for investigator-led biotechnology and biological research.

AgritechBiotech+1
£2M
British Heart Foundation logo
Open

BHF Programme Grants

🇬🇧BHF · United Kingdom

Funds major cardiovascular research programmes through infrastructure-grade grants to strengthen real-world implementation.

BiotechMedtech
British Heart Foundation logo
Open

BHF Project Grants

🇬🇧BHF · United Kingdom

Funds cardiovascular project grants for discovery science in the United Kingdom.

BiotechMedtech
£500K
British Heart Foundation logo
Open

BHF Translational Award — Preliminary

🇬🇧BHF · United Kingdom

Funds milestone-based cardiovascular technologies toward translation to strengthen real-world implementation.

BiotechMedtech
Cambridge Enterprise (University of Cambridge) logo
Open

Cambridge Enterprise START — Pre-Seed

🇬🇧Cambridge Enterprise · United Kingdom

Offers pre-seed equity funding for Cambridge-linked founders in science to strengthen real-world implementation.

AIBiotech+4
£20K
Medical Research Council logo
Open

Collaborate with the functional genomics screening laboratory

🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom

Collaborative CRISPR screening for complex human in vitro models.

BiotechMedtech
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory logo
Open

DASA Open Call — Defence Rapid Impact (Phase 2)

🇬🇧Dstl · United Kingdom

Helps research teams and institutions for DASA Defence Rapid Impact in defense innovation, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.

DefenseAI+7
£100K – £350K

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