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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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Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations logo
Closed

CEPI FA2 Preclinical Development Award

CEPI · Norway

Funds organizations conducting preclinical vaccine development for CEPI priority pathogens and Disease X exemplars through CEPI's Innovations call.

BiotechMedtech+1
$5M
Cure CMD (Congenital Muscular Dystrophy) logo
Closed

Cure CMD Congenital Dystroglycanopathies Research Grant

Cure CMD (Congenital Muscular · United States

Funds accredited research institutions developing treatments for congenital dystroglycanopathies with grants up to $50,000.

BiotechMedtech+2
$50K
Cure CMD (Congenital Muscular Dystrophy) logo
Closed

Cure CMD L-CMD Research Grant

Cure CMD (Congenital Muscular · United States

Funds accredited research institutions developing treatments and care improvements for congenital-onset laminopathies with grants up to $100,000.

BiotechMedtech+1
$100K
Gates Foundation logo
Closed

Grand Challenges — Placental and Gut Inflammation Interventions for Fetal Growth

Gates Foundation · United States

Funds global teams developing drug, biologic, dietary, or microbiome-based interventions that target placental and gut inflammatory pathways to improve fetal growth outcomes in low-income countries.

BiotechMedtech+1
$1M
Wellcome Leap logo
Closed

HOPE — Execution

Wellcome Leap · United States

Supports United Kingdom human organ engineering collaborations focused on translational tissue platforms.

BiotechMedtech+1
National Institutes of Health logo
Closed

NIH Blueprint Initiative: Tools for Germline Gene Editing in the Nervous System

NIH · United States

Funds developing and validating gene-editing tools in animal and other model systems used to study the human brain.

BiotechSynthetic Biology
$1.2M
MassChallenge logo
Closed

Security & Resiliency Traction Program

MassChallenge · United States

Runs a 10-week, no-cost, non-dilutive accelerator for early-stage security, resiliency, and dual-use founders, from Pre-Seed through Series A+, culminating in enterprise pilots and investor-ready pitches.

DefenseRobotics+4
Gates Foundation logo
Closed

Grand Challenges — Micronutrient Absorption Barriers in Fortified Foods

Gates Foundation · United States

Funds global teams researching novel approaches to overcome infection, inflammation, and microbiome-related barriers that reduce the effectiveness of food fortification programs.

BiotechAgritech+3
$250K
European Commission logo
Open

MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds partnerships of universities, research institutes and businesses to jointly run doctoral training programmes for early-career researchers.

Nov'26
EUREKA Network logo
Open

5th Innowwide Call for Market Feasibility Projects — Autumn 2026

🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational

Pays SMEs a fixed EUR60,000 grant to run a six-month market feasibility project testing whether their innovation can be commercialised in a target country in Africa, the Americas, Asia or Oceania.

€60KDec'26
European Institute of Innovation and Technology logo
Open

European Prize for Women Innovators

🇪🇺EIT · European Union

Awards women founders and co-founders across three prize categories, from EUR 20,000 up to EUR 100,000, for leading breakthrough European innovations.

€20K – €100KDec'26
European Union (Eureka Innowwide) logo
Open

Innowwide

🇪🇺EU · European Union

Pays SMEs and startups a 60,000-euro grant to test whether their solution is viable in a target overseas market.

€60KDec'26
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Pillar II: Talent ecosystems for attractive early research careers

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds cross-sector consortia building 'talent ecosystems' that connect researcher training with employer needs to make early research careers more attractive.

€2M – €4MMar'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Pillar III: Promoting public engagement in R&I and scientific literacy

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds consortia running youth science-engagement programmes or researcher-public dialogue events under one of two chosen tracks to boost trust in science.

€1MMar'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Pillar III: Science comes to town 2029

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds a group of 3-6 cities to jointly run a year-long 'Science comes to town' public-engagement programme, including the EUCYS and EU TalentOn competitions.

€6MMar'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

MSCA Choose Europe for Science 2027

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds part of the cost of talent-recruitment programmes that give postdoctoral researchers a two-phase path to a stable research career in Europe.

Apr'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

MSCA COFUND 2027

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds part of the cost of running new or existing doctoral training programmes at universities and research organisations.

Apr'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Deploying circular systemic solutions through living labs in cities and regions (Circular Cities and Regions Initiative topic)

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds city and regional authorities to run living labs that scale up circular-economy solutions across Europe.

€5MApr'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

MSCA and Citizens 2027

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds European Researchers' Night events and Researchers at Schools visits that bring MSCA-funded scientists face to face with the public and pupils.

€100K – €350KJun'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Consolidation of the research infrastructure landscape – development of complementarities, synergies and/or integration between a set of pan-European research infrastructures

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds complementary services, synergies and integration across Europe’s major research infrastructures.

€2M – €5MJun'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Consolidation of the research infrastructure landscape – individual support for evolution, long-term sustainability and emerging needs of pan-European research infrastructures

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds individual support to a single ESFRI Landmark or European Research Infrastructure Consortium to strengthen, evolve or sustain a pan-European research infrastructure.

€3M – €4.5MJun'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Reinforcing synergies between experimentation spaces and innovation procurement

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds public buyers to test and procure breakthrough solutions with experimentation spaces and regulators.

€10MSep'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Closing the learning gap: uncovering causes and effective policy interventions for declining youth skills in mathematics, reading, and science

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds research into the structural causes of Europe's 15-year decline in youth maths, reading and science skills.

€3M – €4MSep'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Crafting routes to a circular economy

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds research turning crafts, heritage buildings, food traditions or design into practical circular-economy models.

€3M – €3.5MSep'27

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