Synthetic Biology grants in the United Kingdom
Explore Synthetic Biology grants for companies in the United Kingdom. This list brings together funding for engineered biology, biomanufacturing, biofoundries and bio-based materials 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 Synthetic Biology in the United Kingdom come first.
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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.
Wellcome Discovery Awards
🇬🇧Wellcome · United Kingdom
Funds established United Kingdom investigators in bold health research with long-term flexible scientific support.
Early independence: BBSRC fellowships: full stage
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
A fellowship for independent bioscience research in a host laboratory.
UKRI translation: MRC proof of concept: stage two
🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom
Funding for invited academic-led translational health projects.
UKRI Translation: MRC Impact Acceleration Awards
🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom
Single-step support for high-risk medical product development.
UKRI Translation: MRC Proof of Concept: stage one
🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom
Funding for academic-led development of novel health interventions.
UK-Singapore CRD 2026
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funding for UK-Singapore industrial research collaborations.
BBSRC Applicant-Led (Responsive Mode) — Always Open
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom bioscience researchers through responsive grants that fund investigator-led foundational innovation.
Innovate UK Themed Competitions
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds sector-themed innovation competitions in the United Kingdom for hydrogen, manufacturing, agri-tech, health, and AI.
Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) — Company Certification
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Offers United Kingdom start-up founders investment support through certified tax relief for early innovation and development.
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.
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.
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.
BBSRC Industrial Partnership Awards (IPA) — Always Open
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom industry-academia teams through partnership awards for precommercial innovation experiments.
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.
Cancer Grand Challenges
🇺🇸NCI · United States
Supports large interdisciplinary global teams tackling transformative unsolved problems in cancer biology.
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.
LifeArc Rare Disease Clinical Trials Programme
🇬🇧LifeArc · United Kingdom
Supports clinical rare-disease teams with practical trial design and execution.
MRA Team Science Award
🇺🇸MRA · United States
Supports collaborative melanoma science in the United States through consortium-style grants for cross-institution teams.
Patent Box — 10% Corporation Tax Rate on IP Profits
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Offers United Kingdom innovation firms an improved tax route on qualifying intellectual property income.
R&D Tax Relief — Merged RDEC (Scheme)
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Administers United Kingdom tax-research support claims through HMRC filing workflows connected to corporate innovation activity.
Wellcome Career Development Awards
🇬🇧Wellcome · United Kingdom
Funds United Kingdom mid-career researchers to expand leadership, interdisciplinary scope, and research impact.
Wellcome Early-Career Awards
🇬🇧Wellcome · United Kingdom
Supports early-career United Kingdom scientists with career development and research funding to grow independence.