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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ACHEMA Start-up Award
DECHEMA · Germany
Awards 15,000 Euro plus exhibition space and mentoring to the winning early-stage company at the ACHEMA Start-up Award 2027, for new ventures in chemistry, process engineering or biotechnology.
Bakar Award
🇺🇸Bakar Fellows Program · United States
Funds UC Berkeley STEM faculty moving research discoveries toward commercially viable products and services.
Bakar Award — UC Berkeley / UCSF Collaborative
🇺🇸Bakar Fellows Program · United States
Funds joint UC Berkeley and UCSF teams translating translational research into healthcare impact.
BBSRC Early Independence Fellowships
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Supports early-career United Kingdom bioscientists with fellowships that build independent innovation leadership.
BBSRC Follow-on Fund Two
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom teams through follow-on funding to move discovery innovation toward commercialization.
Bioprospecting and optimised production of marine/aquatic natural products in the omics & artificial intelligence era
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds biodiscovery projects that use AI and digital tools to find and sustainably produce new natural compounds from marine and freshwater organisms.
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Coefficient · United States
Supports biosecurity research, policy work, and prevention planning for pandemic preparedness.
Biosecurity Frontiers
🇬🇧UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom
Funds UK-based organisations developing biosecurity innovations across biodetection, AI diagnostics, and non-pharmaceutical protective systems for national security.
Biosecurity Frontiers
🇬🇧MoD · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom innovators building systems to detect and respond to biological risk faster.
Biosecurity Frontiers
🇬🇧DASA · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom biosecurity teams with innovation in sensing, diagnostics, and preventive systems.
BIRAC Research, Development & Innovation Fund (RDIF)
🇮🇳BIRAC · India
Funds Indian deep-tech biotech startups, SMEs and large industries scaling indigenous manufacturing.
BRIDGE
🇦🇹FFG · Austria
Funds Austrian science-industry consortia transferring basic research toward industrial applications.
Brint Family Translational Research Award
FFB · United States
Funds preclinical translational research advancing therapies for inherited retinal degeneration and dry AMD.
CBE JU: Nutritional Food Ingredient Resilience
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one €20M innovation project that scales alternative proteins, oils, fibres or specialty carbohydrates into safe, accepted food ingredients.
CBE JU: Safe Bio-Based Ingredients for Home & Personal Care
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one €20M project that turns bio-based chemicals and ingredients into safer, sustainable home and personal care products at industrial scale.
CEPI FA2 Exploratory Award
CEPI · Norway
Funds organizations designing and early-stage testing of new vaccine candidates against CEPI priority pathogens and Disease X viral families, with awards up to $1M over 18 months.
CEPI FA2 Preclinical Development Award
CEPI · Norway
Funds organizations conducting preclinical vaccine development for CEPI priority pathogens and Disease X exemplars through CEPI's Innovations call.
CFF PTAC Collaborative Research Grant
🇺🇸CFF · United States
Provides research teams and institutions for CFF PTAC Collaborative Research Grant in biotechnology, synthetic biology, and medical technology.
CFF PTAC Research Grant
🇺🇸CFF · United States
Backs research teams and institutions for CFF PTAC Research Grant in biotechnology, synthetic biology, and medical technology.
Cure CMD Congenital Dystroglycanopathies Research Grant
Cure CMD (Congenital Muscular · United States
Funds accredited research institutions developing treatments for congenital dystroglycanopathies with grants up to $50,000.
Cure CMD L-CMD Research Grant
Cure CMD (Congenital Muscular · United States
Funds accredited research institutions developing treatments and care improvements for congenital-onset laminopathies with grants up to $100,000.
DASA Themed Competition — Biosecurity Frontiers
🇬🇧Dstl · United Kingdom
Funds teams delivering high impact prototypes with milestone support for DASA Themed Competition Biosecurity Frontiers in defense innovation, biotechnology, and synthetic biology.
DASA Themed Competition — Future-proofing Biosecurity: Microbial Forensic Capability
🇬🇧Dstl · United Kingdom
Supports DASA Themed Competition Future proofing Biosecurity Microbial Forensic Capability for practical innovation and measurable results.
DBT-BIRAC Bio-AI Call under BioE3 Policy
🇮🇳BIRAC · India
Funds Indian companies and startups developing Bio-AI platforms for high-performance biomanufacturing.