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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 169-192 of 940 grants

DECHEMA, Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain and High-Tech Gründerfonds logo
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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.

Advanced MaterialsAdvanced Manufacturing+1
€15K
UC Berkeley Bakar Fellows Program (Bakar Family Foundation) logo
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Bakar Award

🇺🇸Bakar Fellows Program · United States

Funds UC Berkeley STEM faculty moving research discoveries toward commercially viable products and services.

AIBiotech+8
$100K – $300K
UC Berkeley Bakar Fellows Program (Bakar Family Foundation) logo
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Bakar Award — UC Berkeley / UCSF Collaborative

🇺🇸Bakar Fellows Program · United States

Funds joint UC Berkeley and UCSF teams translating translational research into healthcare impact.

BiotechMedtech+4
$100K – $300K
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council logo
Closed

BBSRC Early Independence Fellowships

🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom

Supports early-career United Kingdom bioscientists with fellowships that build independent innovation leadership.

BiotechAgritech+3
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council logo
Closed

BBSRC Follow-on Fund Two

🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom teams through follow-on funding to move discovery innovation toward commercialization.

BiotechAgritech+3
£100K – £800K
European Commission logo
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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.

BiotechSynthetic Biology
€6M
Coefficient Giving logo
Closed

Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness

Coefficient · United States

Supports biosecurity research, policy work, and prevention planning for pandemic preparedness.

BiotechSynthetic Biology+1
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
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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.

BiotechAI+4
£100K – £500K
Ministry of Defence logo
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Biosecurity Frontiers

🇬🇧MoD · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom innovators building systems to detect and respond to biological risk faster.

DefenseBiotech+3
£100K – £500K
Defence and Security Accelerator logo
Closed

Biosecurity Frontiers

🇬🇧DASA · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom biosecurity teams with innovation in sensing, diagnostics, and preventive systems.

BiotechMedtech+3
£100K – £500K
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) logo
Closed

BIRAC Research, Development & Innovation Fund (RDIF)

🇮🇳BIRAC · India

Funds Indian deep-tech biotech startups, SMEs and large industries scaling indigenous manufacturing.

BiotechMedtech+7
₹50M – ₹2B
Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) logo
Closed

BRIDGE

🇦🇹FFG · Austria

Funds Austrian science-industry consortia transferring basic research toward industrial applications.

AIBiotech+11
Foundation Fighting Blindness logo
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Brint Family Translational Research Award

FFB · United States

Funds preclinical translational research advancing therapies for inherited retinal degeneration and dry AMD.

BiotechMedtech+1
$1M
European Commission logo
Closed

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.

Food TechBiotech+1
€20M
European Commission logo
Closed

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.

BiotechAdvanced Materials+1
€20M
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations logo
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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.

BiotechMedtech+1
$1M
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations logo
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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.

BiotechMedtech+1
$5M
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation logo
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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.

BiotechSynthetic Biology+1
$1M
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation logo
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CFF PTAC Research Grant

🇺🇸CFF · United States

Backs research teams and institutions for CFF PTAC Research Grant in biotechnology, synthetic biology, and medical technology.

BiotechSynthetic Biology+1
$150K
Cure CMD (Congenital Muscular Dystrophy) logo
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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.

BiotechMedtech+2
$50K
Cure CMD (Congenital Muscular Dystrophy) logo
Closed

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.

BiotechMedtech+1
$100K
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory logo
Closed

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.

DefenseBiotech+1
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory logo
Closed

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.

DefenseBiotech+1
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) logo
Closed

DBT-BIRAC Bio-AI Call under BioE3 Policy

🇮🇳BIRAC · India

Funds Indian companies and startups developing Bio-AI platforms for high-performance biomanufacturing.

BiotechAI+3

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