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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 73-96 of 775 grants

Business Wales logo
Open

SMART Innovation Funding

🇬🇧Business Wales · United Kingdom

Funds Wales-based businesses of all sizes to research and develop new products, processes, or services through discretionary Welsh Government R&D grants.

AIAgritech+12
Business Wales logo
Open

SMART Partnerships

🇬🇧Business Wales · United Kingdom

Funds collaborative R&D between Wales-based businesses and knowledge-base partners, with the Welsh Government covering 100% of the academic or research partner's eligible costs.

AIAgritech+12
Scottish Enterprise logo
Open

SMART: SCOTLAND

🇬🇧Scottish Enterprise · United Kingdom

Funds Scottish SMEs conducting high-risk feasibility studies to prove out novel technologies through Scottish Enterprise R&D grants.

BiotechClimate Tech+6
£100K
Invest Northern Ireland logo
Open

Techstart Ventures Proof of Concept Grant

🇬🇧Invest NI · United Kingdom

Supports small businesses in Northern Ireland with proof-of-concept development for testing commercialization hypotheses.

AIHardware+5
£10K – £35K
Tees Valley Combined Authority logo
Open

Tees Valley Export Fund

🇬🇧TVCA · United Kingdom

Supports Tees Valley firms entering export markets through the Tees Valley Export Fund.

Advanced ManufacturingEnergy Tech+3
£3K – £10K
UK Research and Innovation logo
Open

UKRI International Science Partnerships Fund

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom researchers connecting globally through partnerships in planet, health, technology, and talent priorities via UKRI International Science Partnerships Fund.

AIBiotech+5
UK Research and Innovation logo
Open

UKRI-SBE lead agency opportunity

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Collaborative UK-US research across overlapping UKRI and NSF/SBE remits.

Biotech
£1M
Cambridge Enterprise (University of Cambridge) logo
Open

University Discovery Fund — Pre-Seed

🇬🇧Cambridge Enterprise · United Kingdom

Funds early-stage university-linked science ventures through philanthropic capital to strengthen real-world implementation.

AIBiotech+4
£20K
Cambridge Enterprise (University of Cambridge) logo
Open

University Venture Fund — Investment

🇬🇧Cambridge Enterprise · United Kingdom

Funds long-run capital for Cambridge-affiliated deep-tech and life science spinouts.

AIBiotech+5
Research Ireland (Taighde Éireann) logo
Open

US-Ireland R&D Partnership

🇮🇪Research Ireland · Ireland

Funds tri jurisdiction collaboration between the United States, Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland through a science and technology partnership.

BiotechAI+6
€350K – €700K
Warwick Innovations (University of Warwick) logo
Open

Warwick Innovations Proof of Concept Fund

🇬🇧Warwick Innovations · United Kingdom

Supports University of Warwick researchers with internal proof-of-concept funding so registered discoveries can move toward commercialization.

BiotechMedtech+3
Wellcome Trust logo
Open

Wellcome Accelerator Awards

🇬🇧Wellcome · United Kingdom

Supports underrepresented United Kingdom researchers through focused fellowships and research development pathways.

BiotechMedtech+1
£200K
West Midlands Combined Authority logo
Open

West Midlands Innovation Accelerator

🇬🇧WMCA · United Kingdom

Connects West Midlands teams to United Kingdom Innovate competitions in health technology, clean technology, and advanced manufacturing innovation.

MedtechClimate Tech+3
UCL Business (UCLB) logo
Open

UCL Business Translational Funding

🇬🇧UCLB · United Kingdom

Offers UCL Business translational funding for teams turning research into market pilots.

BiotechMedtech+2
£25K – £500K
Medical Research Council logo
Scheduled

MRC Equip

🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom

Supports research equipment investments that expand laboratory capacity and strengthen translational health innovation.

BiotechMedtech
£200K – £1MNov'26
Innovate UK logo
Between cycles

Advancing innovation in accelerated cancer diagnosis

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Supporting clinical validation of early cancer diagnostic technologies

MedtechBiotech
UK Research and Innovation logo
Between cycles

Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11 — Industry Track

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom non-academic organisations in developing independent innovation programmes through UKRI Future Leaders Industry fellowships.

AIBiotech+5
£300K – £2M
UK Research and Innovation logo
Between cycles

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11 — Non-Academic Stream

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom researchers in non-academic organisations through UKRI Future Leaders non-academic fellowships to build independent innovation programmes.

AIBiotech+5
£300K – £2M
Arts and Humanities Research Council logo
Between cycles

Unlocking advanced capabilities in conservation and heritage science

🇬🇧AHRC · United Kingdom

Capital funding for conservation and heritage science facilities.

AIBiotech+2
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology logo
Between cycles

LSIMF Round 7

🇬🇧DSIT · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom life science manufacturing teams through LSIMF grants for facility and process innovation.

BiotechMedtech+1
British Heart Foundation logo
Between cycles

BHF Clinical Research Training Fellowship

🇬🇧BHF · United Kingdom

Funds training of clinical researchers in acute care science to strengthen real-world implementation.

BiotechMedtech
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation logo
Between cycles

ADDF-Harrington Scholar Program

🇺🇸ADDF · Global / Multinational

Funds academic Alzheimer's researchers with hit-to-lead and development-stage support plus therapeutic guidance.

BiotechMedtech
$600K
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council logo
Between cycles

BBSRC Industrial Partnership Awards (IPA) — Always Open

🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom industry-academia teams through partnership awards for precommercial innovation experiments.

BiotechAgritech+4
£2M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council logo
Between cycles

BBSRC Stand-alone LINK — Always Open

🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom university and industry teams through LINK grants that share innovation ownership and risk.

BiotechAgritech+4
£2M

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