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.
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BBSRC Brazil pump-priming award (FAPPA)
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Support for UK–Brazil research collaboration with FAPESP scientists.
BBSRC Industrial Partnership Awards (IPA) — Always Open
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom industry-academia teams through partnership awards for precommercial innovation experiments.
BBSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Support for new investigator-led biotechnology and biological research.
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.
BBSRC standard research grant: applicant-led mode
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Funding for investigator-led biotechnology and biological research.
BBSRC-STFC DeepTech Catalyst Bio
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom startups working on biological-in-nature technologies through BBSRC STFC DeepTech Catalyst Bio to move ideas toward practical impact.
Biology to Prevention Award — B
🇬🇧CRUK · United Kingdom
Supports mechanistic prevention research in the United Kingdom with early career fellowships for practical development.
Black Leaders in Cancer Scholarship Programme
🇬🇧CRUK · United Kingdom
Fully funds a 4-year cancer research PhD for applicants who self-identify as Black heritage.
Cancer Grand Challenges
🇺🇸NCI · United States
Supports large interdisciplinary global teams tackling transformative unsolved problems in cancer biology.
Clinical Research Funding Scheme — B
🇬🇧CRUK · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom clinical teams through CRUK grants that progress studies from pilot concepts to trials.
Collaborate with the functional genomics screening laboratory
🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom
Collaborative CRISPR screening for complex human in vitro models.
DeepTech Catalyst Health
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Gives Liverpool health start-ups up to £50,000 zero-equity cash plus £10,000 R&D vouchers.
Discovery Programme Award — B outline)
🇬🇧CRUK · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom cancer science programmes with multi-stage funding for innovation in disease biology.
Early Detection and Diagnosis Programme Award — B
🇬🇧CRUK · United Kingdom
Supports cancer detection and diagnosis innovation in the United Kingdom through transformational early development programmes.
Enhanced R&D Intensive Support (ERIS) — Scheme
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Provides enhanced tax relief for loss-making United Kingdom companies with intensive innovation spending.
Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) — Company Certification
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Offers United Kingdom startups with certification support tied to investor incentive access for high growth innovation.
Experimental Medicine Stage One
🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom experimental medicine teams through early-stage grants for mechanistic healthcare innovation.
Experimental medicine: invited stage two application
🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom
Funding for human experimental medicine projects testing mechanistic hypotheses.
Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Supports independent research career transitions in the United Kingdom through fellowships combining academic and non-academic hosts.
i4i Product Development Awards
🇬🇧NIHR · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom healthcare teams developing medical devices, diagnostics, and digital patient-care solutions through NIHR i4i Product Development Awards.
i4i THRIVE
🇬🇧NIHR · United Kingdom
Supports NHS researchers and clinicians through NIHR i4i THRIVE, helping them develop healthcare technologies that reduce inequalities.
International Travel Award Scheme for the Biological Sciences
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Travel support for BBSRC-supported researchers to build international links.
IP Group Balance-Sheet Equity
🇬🇧IP Group · United Kingdom
Invests directly in university spinouts across health, deep technology, and clean technology from formation through scale-up.
Local Innovation Partnerships Fund (LIPF)
🇬🇧WMCA · United Kingdom
Grants West Midlands scale-ups £100k-£1m for near-to-market R&D projects.