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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ZIM R&D Cooperation Projects
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Administers collaborative grants for German firms and research partners to run joint innovation projects.
ARPA-H Initiatives & Sprints
🇺🇸ARPA-H · United States
Runs fast-turnaround health technology opportunities in United States for high-potential exploratory science and engineering.
BBSRC Applicant-Led (Responsive Mode) — Always Open
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom bioscience researchers through responsive grants that fund investigator-led foundational innovation.
BIG Grant (Biotechnology Ignition Grant)
🇮🇳BIRAC · India
Funds early-stage Indian biotechnology ventures through proof-of-concept support and startup development stages.
BIPP Grant (Biotechnology Industry Partnership Programme)
🇮🇳BIRAC · India
Funds Indian biotechnology partnerships with industry to pursue frontier life-science breakthroughs at early stage.
CEPI Open Calls for Proposals
CEPI · Norway
Funds global vaccine and biologic countermeasure developers to build responses for epidemic pathogens.
CFF Mission Ventures Industry Investment
🇺🇸CFF · United States
Offers startup and industry teams with commercialization support for CFF Mission Ventures Industry Investment in biotechnology, medical technology, and synthetic biology.
Co-Innovation
🇫🇮Business Finland · Finland
Funds Finnish companies running joint R&D projects with public research organisations through Business Finland's Co-Innovation scheme.
Core Research in Biological Sciences (BIO Core)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds biology at any scale, from molecules to biomes — $280 million across roughly 300 awards, with no deadline.
EMBRAPII + SEBRAE Innovation Support for Small Businesses and Startups
🇧🇷SEBRAE · Brazil
Funds Brazilian micro and small businesses building technology projects through SEBRAE-backed EMBRAPII co-funding.
Engineering (ENG): Chemical, Bioengineering, Energy, and Transport Systems (CBET)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds foundational engineering research on chemical processes, biological systems, energy and water, and transport phenomena.
Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems (EBBS)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds engineering of biology — biosensing, tissue and organ function, biomanufacturing — and lists plainly what it will not fund.
French Tech Emergence Grant (Bourse French Tech Emergence)
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Supports French deep-tech early ventures with internal and external spending to reach project emergence.
FRS-FNRS Doctoral Fellowships (FRIA / FRESH / ASP)
🇧🇪FRS-FNRS · Belgium
Funds doctoral fellowships at French-speaking Belgian universities across scientific disciplines.
FRS-FNRS Postdoctoral Mandates (CR / CSPD / SPD)
🇧🇪FRS-FNRS · Belgium
Funds postdoctoral mandates supporting independent research at French-speaking Belgian universities.
Grand Solutions Grant
🇩🇰Innovationsfonden · Denmark
Funds Denmark-wide flagship consortia tackling difficult science and engineering problems through shared-stage support.
Innomissions — Green Research and Innovation Partnerships
🇩🇰Innovationsfonden · Denmark
Funds Danish companies and research partners conducting mission-driven green research and innovation through multi-actor Innomissions consortia.
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.
Innovation Loan (Innovasjonslån / Risikolån)
🇳🇴Innovation Norway · Norway
Invests Norway firms in risk-capital alternatives for innovative firms through structured financing and growth-oriented milestones.
Montana STEP Export Grant
🇺🇸MT Commerce · United States
Funds Montana small businesses exporting deep-tech products internationally through reimbursement of trade shows, compliance testing, IP filings, e-commerce, and market research costs.
MTRAC AgBio Innovation Hub — Translational Grants
🇺🇸MSU · United States
Funds translational agriculture and biology research through Michigan innovation hubs serving university and nonprofit teams.
NIAID Investigator-Initiated P01
🇺🇸NIAID · United States
Supports investigator-led infectious disease and immunology multi-project teams under NIAID.
NIAMS SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
🇺🇸NIAMS · United States
Supports small businesses and researchers advancing arthritis, skin, and musculoskeletal innovation through staged aid.
NIAMS STTR — Small Business Technology Transfer
🇺🇸NIAMS · United States
Supports small businesses partnering with research institutions on arthritis and musculoskeletal science.