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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 938 grants

Novo Nordisk Foundation logo
Between cycles

RECRUIT — Grants for International Recruitment

🇩🇰NNF · Denmark

Supports Danish institutions recruiting international academic talent across major career stages.

BiotechSynthetic Biology+3
DKK 22M – DKK 55M
Rice Office of Innovation + Rice 360 + BME logo
Between cycles

Rice One Small Step Grant

🇺🇸Rice OoI / Rice 360 / BME · United States

Funds Rice laboratory teams running final technology experiments before a startup or licence through grants of up to USD 100,000.

BiotechClimate Tech+5
$100K
SOSV logo
Between cycles

SOSV NY (formerly IndieBio NY)

🇺🇸SOSV · United States

Invests in early-stage biology and life sciences startups and provides a six-month New York City residency.

BiotechMedtech+3
$550K
Stanford Bio-X logo
Between cycles

Stanford Bio-X IIP Seed Grant — Round 13

🇺🇸Stanford Bio-X · United States

Funds Stanford faculty collaborations exploring high-risk interdisciplinary bioscience with translational intent.

BiotechMedtech+2
$200K
Protein Industries Canada logo
Between cycles

Technology Leadership — Genomics Stream

🇨🇦PIC · Canada

Funds commercialization pathways for genomic tools for pulse and cereal crop improvement through Canadian crop innovation.

AgritechBiotech+1
CAD 3M
UCSF Innovation Ventures logo
Between cycles

UCSF Catalyst Awards

🇺🇸UCSF IV · United States

Supports UCSF investigators with seed funding that starts healthcare innovation and accelerates patient-facing pilots.

BiotechMedtech+3
$75K
Wellcome Trust logo
Between cycles

Wellcome Career Development Awards

🇬🇧Wellcome · United Kingdom

Funds United Kingdom mid-career researchers to expand leadership, interdisciplinary scope, and research impact.

BiotechMedtech+2
Wellcome Trust logo
Between cycles

Wellcome Early-Career Awards

🇬🇧Wellcome · United Kingdom

Supports early-career United Kingdom scientists with career development and research funding to grow independence.

BiotechMedtech+2
£400K
UGA Innovation Gateway — Georgia FAST Grant Program logo
Between cycles

Georgia FAST Grant Phase 0

🇺🇸UGA Innovation Gateway · United States

Funds Georgia-based small businesses hiring a grant writing consultant to prepare a competitive SBIR or STTR application.

AIAgritech+16
$2K
Foundation Fighting Blindness logo
Closed

Brint Family Translational Research Award

🇺🇸FFB · United States

Funds preclinical translational partnerships for companies advancing Friedreich ataxia therapies.

BiotechMedtech+1
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council logo
Closed

BBSRC sLoLa

🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom large-team bioscience projects through collaborative grants for high-impact innovation.

BiotechAgritech+5
£2M
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations logo
Closed

CEPI Clinical Development Award — Focus Area 2

CEPI · Norway

Funds organizations conducting clinical trials of vaccine candidates against CEPI priority pathogens and viral families through CEPI's Innovations Call for Proposals.

BiotechMedtech+1
Innovate UK logo
Closed

Innovate UK Venture Builder Pilot

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom university spin-outs in frontier AI, engineering biology, and advanced materials manufacturing.

AIAdvanced Manufacturing+2
£50K – £150K
DE
Closed

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
Closed

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
Closed

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
Closed

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
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
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
Closed

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
Closed

Biosecurity Frontiers

🇬🇧MoD · United Kingdom

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

DefenseBiotech+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

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