Biotech grants in the United States
Explore Biotech grants for companies in the United States. This list brings together funding for drug discovery, diagnostics, cell and gene therapy, biomanufacturing and life-science research from US innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in the United States, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Biotech in the United States come first.
Showing 1-24 of 1,242 grants
RSI Explorer Grant
🇺🇸RSI / Caltech · United States
Funds high-risk sustainability exploration by Caltech investigators to strengthen real-world implementation.
Activate Fellowship
🇺🇸Activate · United States
Offers two-year fellowships for first-time hard-tech founders building climate, energy, and biotechnology ventures without equity.
GREGoRi Data Coordination and Outreach Center
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds the one centre that coordinates a rare-disease genomics programme and gets its protocols, data and tools out to everybody else.
GREGoRi Technology Integration Center
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds the centre that turns new molecular methods for rare-disease diagnosis into standards, best practices and a benchmarking dataset.
Schmidt Science Polymaths
🇺🇸Schmidt Sciences · United States
Supports recently tenured faculty with fellowships that enable bold cross-domain research pivots and sustained interdisciplinary leadership.
Exploratory Clinical Trial Grants in Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R61)
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds early-stage clinical trials in arthritis, musculoskeletal and skin disease. A trial is compulsory.
MIT Solve Global Challenges
🇺🇸MIT · United States
Supports teams tackling global challenges by selecting and backing scalable ideas through MIT Solve challenge pathways.
NSF SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds United States deep-tech startups demonstrating scientific feasibility of novel science and engineering innovations.
NSF SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds United States deep-tech startups extending proven early projects into substantial technology development.
NSF STTR Phase I
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds United States deep-tech startups partnering with nonprofit research institutions for early-stage feasibility studies.
NSF STTR Phase II
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds United States deep-tech projects that continue with nonprofit research partners after successful initial feasibility work.
DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Idea Development Award
🇺🇸MRDC / CDMRP · United States
Funds an early, unproven idea about bone marrow failure disease, even without preliminary data behind it.
DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
🇺🇸MRDC / CDMRP · United States
Funds mature bone marrow failure research, including drug-development groundwork, but not a clinical trial itself.
DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Resource Development Award
🇺🇸MRDC / CDMRP · United States
Funds building an open-access, multiomic data atlas from bone marrow failure patient samples for the whole research community.
DoW Reconstructive Transplant, Concept Award
🇺🇸MRDC / CDMRP · United States
Funds an untested, highly innovative concept in reconstructive transplantation, judged on rationale rather than preliminary data.
NSF SBIR/STTR Fast-Track Pilot
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Supports United States deep-tech startups through a combined early and continuation development route.
Emerging Infections Network - Research for Preventing, Detecting, and Managing Travel-associated Infectious Diseases
🇺🇸CDC · United States
Funds surveillance and research networks that detect, diagnose and track infectious diseases among international travelers.
MRA Pilot Award
🇺🇸MRA · United States
Funds high-risk melanoma proof-of-concept efforts through grants for high-impact experimental ideas.
MRA Young Investigator Award
🇺🇸MRA · United States
Supports early-career melanoma researchers through fellowships and grants that launch independent research direction.
ARO DURIP (Annual Cycle)
🇺🇸ARO · United States
Supports United States universities acquiring research equipment for defense-relevant scientific research.
Cancer Research KI-Mayo Clinic CCC Synergy Grants
🇺🇸MCCCC & CRKI · Global / Multinational
Funds Mayo Clinic and Karolinska Institutet teams researching early cancer detection.
DoW Parkinson's, Early Investigator Research Award
🇺🇸MRDC / CDMRP · United States
Funds early-career Parkinson's research, with a required mentor at the fellow level and none needed at the independent level.
DoW Parkinson's, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
🇺🇸MRDC / CDMRP · United States
Funds rigorous Parkinson's disease research for investigators at any career stage, with an optional second PI and clinical trials allowed.
NASA ROSES — Science Mission Directorate Omnibus
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds a broad United States NASA Science Mission Directorate package across multiple science and mission areas.