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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BBSRC-STFC DeepTech Catalyst Bio
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom startups working on biological-in-nature technologies through BBSRC STFC DeepTech Catalyst Bio to move ideas toward practical impact.
Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator
🇺🇸Harvard OTD · United States
Offers Harvard biomedical innovators pilot support for early proof-of-concept delivery.
Cancer Grand Challenges
🇺🇸NCI · United States
Supports large interdisciplinary global teams tackling transformative unsolved problems in cancer biology.
CFF Industry Award for Path to a Cure (PTAC)
🇺🇸CFF · United States
Supports United States biotechnology and synthetic biology teams connecting startups and industry through commercialization programs.
CFF Research Grants
🇺🇸CFF · United States
Supports research teams and institutions for CFF Research Grants in biotechnology, medical technology, and synthetic biology.
Challenge Programme — AMR Diagnostics for LRTI
NNF · Denmark
Supports diagnostic innovations for antimicrobial resistant respiratory infections in Danish consortia.
Challenge Programme — Earth-Abundant Materials
NNF · Denmark
Supports interdisciplinary teams developing earth-abundant materials for climate and heavy industry technologies.
Challenge Programme — Hybrid Bio-Electrocatalysis
NNF · Denmark
Supports interdisciplinary teams exploring bioelectrocatalytic processes for sustainable materials and chemistry technologies.
Connecticut Bioscience Innovation Fund (CBIF)
🇺🇸Connecticut Innovations · United States
Invests in Connecticut bioscience and life-science ventures with additional grant routes for academic and nonprofit teams.
Contract Research Scheme
🇮🇳BIRAC · India
Funds company partners validating academic biotechnology prototypes through BIRAC contract research grants.
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.
CRF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship — Seed
🇺🇸CRF · United States
Runs students and early career scholars with mentoring support for CRF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in biotechnology, medical technology, and synthetic biology.
CRF Research Grant
🇺🇸CRF · United States
Administers research teams and institutions for CRF Research Grant in biotechnology, medical technology, and synthetic biology.
Damon Runyon Fellowship Award
🇺🇸Damon Runyon · United States
Helps students and early career scholars with mentoring support for Damon Runyon Fellowship Award in biotechnology, medical technology, and synthetic biology.
Damon Runyon-Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists
🇺🇸Damon Runyon · United States
Funds research teams and institutions for Damon Runyon Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough in biotechnology, medical technology, and synthetic biology.
Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award
🇺🇸Damon Runyon · United States
Backs research teams and institutions for Damon Runyon Rachleff Innovation Award in biotechnology, medical technology, and synthetic biology.
Data Science Investigator Programme
🇩🇰NNF · Denmark
Supports Danish data science leaders in advanced computational and AI research.
DBT-BIRAC Bio-AI BioE3 Mūlāṃkur Hubs
🇮🇳DBT · India
Supports biotechnology innovation hubs that combine artificial intelligence and biology for advanced research acceleration.
EB Research Project Grants
🇺🇸EBRP + DEBRA · United States
Invests research teams and institutions for EB Research Project Grants in biotechnology, medical technology, and synthetic biology.
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.
Enhanced R&D Intensive Support (ERIS) — Scheme
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Provides enhanced tax relief for loss-making United Kingdom companies with intensive innovation spending.
Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) — Company Certification
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Offers United Kingdom startups with certification support tied to investor incentive access for high growth innovation.
Eureka Biotech Call for Projects (Appel à Projets)
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Supports multinational biotech cooperation for cross-country biomedical and agricultural innovation.