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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 169-192 of 775 grants

LifeArc logo
Closed

LifeArc Philanthropic Fund

🇬🇧LifeArc · United Kingdom

Funds rare-disease therapeutics, devices and diagnostics from academics and early-stage spinout companies.

BiotechMedtech
CW
Closed

Longitude Prize on ALS

🇬🇧Challenge Works · United Kingdom

Funds AI-driven ALS drug-discovery teams through four stages worth up to £7.5 million total.

BiotechMedtech+2
Medical Research Council logo
Closed

MRC CoRE Round 4 — Full

🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom

Supports cross-disciplinary medical research initiatives translating discoveries into applied health solutions and services.

BiotechMedtech
£26.3M
Multiple Sclerosis Society UK logo
Closed

MS Society Catalyst Awards

🇬🇧MS Society UK · United Kingdom

Supports high-risk multiple sclerosis proof-of-concept studies through the Multiple Sclerosis Society in the United Kingdom.

BiotechMedtech+1
£60K
Multiple Sclerosis Society UK logo
Closed

MS Society Early Career Fellowships

🇬🇧MS Society UK · United Kingdom

Supports early-career United Kingdom multiple sclerosis researchers through fellowships and practical mentorship.

BiotechMedtech+1
£300K – £375K
Innovate UK logo
Closed

National Materials Innovation Programme: Feasibility Studies

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds UK registered businesses conducting feasibility studies in advanced materials innovation through Innovate UK grants under the National Materials Innovation Programme.

Advanced MaterialsSemiconductors+5
£50K – £100K
Natural Environment Research Council logo
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NERC Independent Research Fellowship

🇬🇧NERC · United Kingdom

Supports early-career environmental researchers in the United Kingdom by funding personal fellowships for independent programmes in environmental science.

Climate TechBiotech+2
SBRI Healthcare (NHS England) logo
Closed

NHS Cancer Programme — Innovation Call 4

🇬🇧SBRI Healthcare · United Kingdom

Funds companies deploying market-ready cancer detection and care innovations across the NHS.

MedtechBiotech+1
£3M
Medical Research Council logo
Closed

Professional doctorate: clinical research training fellowship

🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom

A fellowship for registered healthcare professionals undertaking a PhD or similar.

BiotechMedtech
Ministry of Defence logo
Closed

Rapid Transfusion Diagnostics

🇬🇧MoD · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom medical teams developing point-of-care blood diagnostics for use in field operations.

DefenseMedtech+2
£500K – £700K
Defence and Security Accelerator logo
Closed

Rapid Transfusion Diagnostics: Optimising Safety on Deployed Operations

🇬🇧DASA · United Kingdom

Supports innovative point-of-care blood testing devices for military medical operations in deployed settings.

MedtechBiotech+2
£500K – £700K
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology logo
Closed

Regulators' Pioneer Fund — Round 4

🇬🇧DSIT · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom regulators with pilot innovation that improves service quality and public delivery.

AIAerospace+4
£50K – £1M
Alzheimer's Research UK logo
Closed

Research Fellowship

🇬🇧ARUK · United Kingdom

Funds early-career dementia fellows with salary-backed independent research support to strengthen real-world implementation.

BiotechMedtech+1
Alzheimer's Research UK logo
Closed

Senior Research Fellowship

🇬🇧ARUK · United Kingdom

Funds senior dementia researchers transitioning to independent group leadership to strengthen real-world implementation.

BiotechMedtech+1
£420K
Strathclyde Inspire — University of Strathclyde logo
Closed

Strathclyde Inspire Innovation Challenge

🇬🇧Strathclyde Inspire · United Kingdom

Supports University of Strathclyde students with early startup ideas through a competition that rewards market-ready commercial thinking.

AIBiotech+5
£10K
Advanced Research and Invention Agency logo
Closed

Sustained Viral Resilience

🇬🇧ARIA · United Kingdom

Funds R&D teams up to £8M to build durable, broad-spectrum antiviral medicines.

BiotechMedtech
£1M – £8M
LifeArc logo
Closed

Translational Innovation Hub Network for Lung Health and Infection in Cystic Fibrosis

🇬🇧LifeArc · United Kingdom

Funds UK research institutions to build up to three Innovation Hubs that translate new lung health and infection treatments for people with cystic fibrosis.

BiotechMedtech
Innovate UK logo
Closed

UK-Switzerland Collaborative R&D

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds UK businesses doing joint R&D in specific technology areas with Swiss partners through Innovate UK bilateral competition rounds.

AIBiotech+10
£450K
UK Research and Innovation logo
Closed

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11 — Academic Stream

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Supports early-career United Kingdom researchers at universities and institutes through UKRI Future Leaders Academic fellowships for independent research leadership.

AIBiotech+5
£300K – £2M
Parkwalk Advisors logo
Closed

Parkwalk EIS University Funds

🇬🇧Parkwalk Advisors · United Kingdom

Supports Parkwalk EIS and university founders with strategic innovation funds for early ventures.

AIQuantum+5
£150K – £3M
Innovate UK logo
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Innovate UK Smart Grants

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds United Kingdom technology ventures across broad sectors through competitive grants for deep technology and innovation.

AgritechAI+13
£25K – £2M
UCL Business (UCLB) logo
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Commercial POC Fund

🇬🇧UCLB · United Kingdom

Offers UCL teams access to support that turns campus proof-of-concept work into licensable and investable innovation.

BiotechMedtech+4
£75K
Parkinson's UK logo
Discontinued

Parkinson's UK / MRC Career Development Award

🇬🇧Parkinson's UK · United Kingdom

Funds joint Parkinson's United Kingdom and Medical Research Council career development fellowships for independent-ready researchers in the United Kingdom.

BiotechMedtech+1
UCL Business (UCLB) logo
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Social Ventures POC Fund

🇬🇧UCLB · United Kingdom

Supports UCL social ventures with proof-of-concept guidance that helps promising ideas become operational solutions.

AIMedtech+1
£20K

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