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Biosecurity Frontiers

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

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The Biosecurity Frontiers competition is a UK-only themed call funded by the Cabinet Office through UK Defence Innovation, seeking innovative proposals to help deliver the ambitions of the 2023 UK Biological Security Strategy and the 2025 National Security Strategy. The programme defines biological security as protection from biological risks — whether naturally occurring, arising from accidental …

What this grant funds

Funds innovations across biodetection and biosurveillance, AI-enabled diagnostics and vaccines, and non-pharmaceutical protective systems to advance UK biological security against natural, accidental, and deliberate threats.

Key facts
CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.One-off
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.—
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.—
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.—
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Procurement contract
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.£2M
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Last verified: 22 Jul 2026Source: www.gov.uk