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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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.
Sprint Grant for Small Companies
🇫🇮Business Finland · Finland
Funds Finnish small companies seeking fast growth in technology through focused commercial acceleration support.
Start-up Grant Phase 1 — Market Clarification
🇳🇴Innovation Norway · Norway
Funds young Norwegian start-ups validating market need and business feasibility in their early growth journey.
Take-off Phase 2 — Early-Stage Loan (Vroegefasetraject)
🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands
Invests Netherlands firms in knowledge startups building commercialization-ready products through structured financing and growth-oriented milestones.
Wadhwani Innovation Network — Center of Excellence Research Grants
🇮🇳Wadhwani · India
Funds Indian Center of Excellence teams working on deep technology and bioengineering commercialization.
Wellcome Discovery Awards
🇬🇧Wellcome · United Kingdom
Funds established United Kingdom investigators in bold health research with long-term flexible scientific support.
French Tech Lab Grant
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Supports pre-creation deeptech ventures emerging from university research through team formation and business validation.
WIPANO Knowledge Transfer through Standardization
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German companies and public research organizations that convert publicly funded research into technical standards through joint WIPANO cooperation projects.
DBT EFB
🇮🇳DBT · India
Funds investigator-led biotechnology projects in India advancing frontier biology through competitive grant pathways and programme review cycles.
Horizon Bio-CCU: Carbon to Products
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €6M projects that use biotechnology to purify captured carbon and turn it into sustainable feedstock for industrial products.
EIC Accelerator Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds late stage deep tech start ups and small businesses with combined non dilutive and growth support across technology fields.
NIA R01: Drug Repositioning and Combination Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease
NIA · United States
Funds researchers combining computational and experimental approaches to test repositioned drugs for Alzheimer's disease treatment through NIH R01 grants.
Eurostars Call 12 for projects
🇪🇺RVO · Netherlands
Funds innovative SME-led international R&D consortia through the Eurostars Call 12 grant process.
HDF Transformative Research Award
Hereditary Disease Foundation · Global / Multinational
Funds high-impact collaborative Huntington disease teams tackling complex mechanisms and novel therapeutic strategies with advanced team science.
Reagent Resources for Brain Cell Type-Specific Access at MSIs/IDeA Institutions
🇺🇸BRAIN Initiative · United States
Funds production and distribution of brain cell-type-specific reagents to institutions with broad access goals.
DARPA BTO Office-wide BAA
🇺🇸DARPA · United States
Funds United States convergence work in biology, neurotechnology, and synthetic biology for strategic defense purposes.
DTSU DMP (Mass Production Demonstration)
🇯🇵NEDO · Japan
Supports Japanese startups demonstrating mass production readiness and scalable commercialization models.
DTSU PCA (Prototype and Market Validation)
🇯🇵NEDO · Japan
Funds Japanese startups validating prototypes and testing market fit for deep-tech products and services.
DTSU STS (Early R&D Phase)
🇯🇵NEDO · Japan
Funds Japanese startups through early research development for core technology creation in emerging industries.
ZIM R&D Cooperation Projects
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Administers collaborative grants for German firms and research partners to run joint innovation projects.
Artificial Intelligence + Origin of Life Prize
Natural Code · United States
Pays $100,000, and up to $10 million if patentable, for solving the origin of genetic code.
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.