Synthetic Biology grants
Explore grants for synthetic biology companies. This directory includes funding for engineered organisms, biomanufacturing, biofoundries, bio-based chemicals and materials, and the tools behind them, from research councils, bioeconomy programs and foundations.
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Horizon Civil Security: Bioterrorism Prevention
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a €3M project that reviews how synthetic biology could be misused for bioterrorism and pinpoints where monitoring and regulation fall short.
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.
Take-off Phase 1 — Feasibility Study (WO)
🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands
Funds Dutch academic entrepreneurs turning innovative ideas into commercially viable feasibility-focused technology studies.
UK-Singapore CRD 2026
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funding for UK-Singapore industrial research collaborations.
AFRI Foundational and Applied Science
🇺🇸USDA NIFA · United States
Supports agriculture innovation across plant health, bioenergy, food safety, and rural systems through USDA research grants and extension.
ARPA-H SBIR/STTR
🇺🇸ARPA-H · United States
Funds United States small businesses bridging health and neuroscience technologies from feasibility into advanced development.
NCATS Clinical Trial Readiness for Rare Diseases
🇺🇸NCATS · United States
Funds U.S. researchers and companies generating natural history data, biomarkers, and outcome measures needed to design clinical trials for rare diseases.
CIRIF Intake 2
🇨🇦CFI · Canada
Funds institutions hosting Canada Impact Chairs through major infrastructure support.
IQ ESSOR — Investment Feasibility and Digital Diagnostics (Volet 1)
🇨🇦IQ · Canada
Funds Quebec for-profit companies conducting feasibility studies or digital diagnostics to prepare major investment projects.
NIMHD Parent SBIR Grant
🇺🇸NIMHD · United States
Funds United States small businesses developing health-disparities technologies through NIH SBIR grants.
NIMHD Parent STTR Grant
🇺🇸NIMHD · United States
Funds United States small businesses partnering with nonprofit research institutions on health-disparities technologies.
NCATS Preclinical Proof of Concept Studies for Rare Diseases
🇺🇸NCATS · United States
Funds U.S. researchers and companies conducting preclinical efficacy studies to advance therapeutic candidates for rare diseases toward IND applications.
BARDA BAA (through
🇺🇸BARDA · United States
Supports teams developing countermeasure technologies for CBRN, diagnostics, and readiness-focused therapeutics through BARDA BAA.
BARDA DRIVe ImmuneChip+ (through
🇺🇸BARDA · United States
Supports creators of immune-enabled organ-on-chip systems and biosensing manufacturing for critical health technology challenges.
NIMHD SBIR Phase IIB Strategic Breakthrough Award
🇺🇸NIMHD · United States
Funds prior NIH SBIR and STTR Phase II small businesses bridging later-stage R&D to commercialization.
NIMHD SBIR/STTR Commercialization Readiness Pilot
🇺🇸NIMHD · United States
Funds NIH-funded small businesses moving SBIR or STTR projects from late-stage development to commercialization.
Research Development and Innovation Fund
🇮🇳TDB · India
Funds Indian companies and startups scaling RDI-intensive technologies through concessional loans and equity.
ARPA-H Mission Office ISOs
🇺🇸ARPA-H · United States
Supports United States mission teams with boundary-pushing health initiatives beyond existing programme limits.
ARPA-H Program ISOs (topic-specific)
🇺🇸ARPA-H · United States
Funds United States health initiatives through topic-focused pathways across multiple mission areas and agencies.
Deep Tech Accelerator (DTA)
🇫🇮Business Finland · Finland
Funds young Finnish deep-tech companies commercialising research results through a phased grant-and-loan package.
NCATS STTR Phase I
🇺🇸NCATS · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses and their nonprofit research partners to conduct feasibility studies on translational science innovations toward commercialization.
NCATS STTR Phase II
🇺🇸NCATS · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses and their nonprofit research partners to continue and expand translational R&D begun in STTR Phase I toward a commercial product.
NRC IRAP Standard R&D Contribution
🇨🇦NRC · Canada
Provides Canadian innovators with hands-on guidance for technology-led projects and commercialization planning.