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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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Showing 97-120 of 938 grants

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

WIPANO Patenting for Companies

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Funds German small and medium-sized enterprises protecting their own research and development results with patents and other industrial property rights through WIPANO.

AgritechAI+13
€10K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

WIPANO Standards Participation for Companies

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Funds German companies with up to 1,000 employees taking part in national, European, and international standardization committees through WIPANO.

AgritechAI+13
€45K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

ZIM Feasibility Studies

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Funds German small businesses preparing technology concepts for future project development and commercialization planning.

AgritechAI+13
€30K – €100K
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) logo
Open

ZIM Innovation Networks

🇩🇪BMWE · Germany

Supports German innovation ecosystems by funding management of networks that connect multiple companies and institutions.

AgritechAI+13
€200K – €600K
Department of Biotechnology, Government of India logo
Scheduled

DBT EFB

🇮🇳DBT · India

Funds investigator-led biotechnology projects in India advancing frontier biology through competitive grant pathways and programme review cycles.

BiotechMedtech+3
₹10MNov'26
European Commission logo
Scheduled

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.

BiotechSynthetic Biology+2
€6MSep'27
EB Research Partnership + DEBRA of America logo
Between cycles

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.

BiotechMedtech+1
National Institutes of Health logo
Between cycles

NIH Blueprint Initiative: Tools for Germline Gene Editing in the Nervous System

NIH · United States

Funds developing and validating gene-editing tools in animal and other model systems used to study the human brain.

BiotechSynthetic Biology
$1.2M
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) logo
Between cycles

SBIRI Grant

🇮🇳BIRAC · India

Funds early Indian biotech enterprises in pre-commercial research collaboration with innovation partners.

AgritechBiotech+3
₹5M – ₹20M
European Innovation Council logo
Between cycles

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.

AerospaceAgritech+22
€1M – €12.5M
National Science Foundation logo
Between cycles

NSF SBIR Phase I

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Funds United States deep-tech startups demonstrating scientific feasibility of novel science and engineering innovations.

AIAgritech+13
$150K – $305K
National Science Foundation logo
Between cycles

NSF STTR Phase I

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Funds United States deep-tech startups partnering with nonprofit research institutions for early-stage feasibility studies.

AIAgritech+13
$150K – $305K
National Science Foundation logo
Between cycles

NSF SBIR/STTR Fast-Track Pilot

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Supports United States deep-tech startups through a combined early and continuation development route.

AIAgritech+13
$800K – $1.6M
National Science Foundation logo
Between cycles

NSF SBIR Phase II

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Funds United States deep-tech startups extending proven early projects into substantial technology development.

AIAgritech+13
$500K – $1.3M
National Science Foundation logo
Between cycles

NSF STTR Phase II

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Funds United States deep-tech projects that continue with nonprofit research partners after successful initial feasibility work.

AIAgritech+13
$500K – $1.3M
Netherlands Enterprise Agency logo
Between cycles

Eurostars Call 12 for projects

🇪🇺RVO · Netherlands

Funds innovative SME-led international R&D consortia through the Eurostars Call 12 grant process.

AIBiotech+15
Hereditary Disease Foundation (HDF) logo
Between cycles

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.

NeurotechBiotech+2
$300K – $1M
NIH BRAIN Initiative logo
Between cycles

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.

NeurotechBiotech+1
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) logo
Between cycles

DTSU DMP (Mass Production Demonstration)

🇯🇵NEDO · Japan

Supports Japanese startups demonstrating mass production readiness and scalable commercialization models.

AgritechAI+14
¥500M – ¥2.5B
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) logo
Between cycles

DTSU PCA (Prototype and Market Validation)

🇯🇵NEDO · Japan

Funds Japanese startups validating prototypes and testing market fit for deep-tech products and services.

AgritechAI+14
¥500M – ¥1B
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) logo
Between cycles

DTSU STS (Early R&D Phase)

🇯🇵NEDO · Japan

Funds Japanese startups through early research development for core technology creation in emerging industries.

AgritechAI+14
¥300M – ¥500M
European Innovation Council logo
Between cycles

EIC Pathfinder Open

🇪🇺EIC · European Union

Funds bottom-up research for breakthrough deep-tech, any field of science.

AerospaceAgritech+22
€4M
NC
Between cycles

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.

BiotechSynthetic Biology
$100K – $10M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council logo
Between cycles

BBSRC Industrial Partnership Awards (IPA) — Always Open

🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom industry-academia teams through partnership awards for precommercial innovation experiments.

BiotechAgritech+4
£2M

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