Healthcare & Life Sciences Business Grants
The UK life sciences sector benefits from substantial government investment through UKRI, NHS innovation programmes, and dedicated biotech funding. Grants support research, development, and commercialisation of healthcare innovations.
Medical Research Funding
UKRI, MRC, and charity funders support biomedical research and early-stage development. Academic-industry partnerships can access significant research grant funding.
NHS Innovation
NHS programmes including SBRI Healthcare and Academic Health Science Networks support health tech companies to develop and deploy innovations within the healthcare system.
Regulatory & Commercialisation
Grants help life sciences companies navigate regulatory approval and commercialisation. This includes clinical trial support and market access assistance.
UK Life Sciences & Health Grants
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Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation
Apply for funding to establish a Centre of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI) to address strategic regulatory science priorities through sustained programmes of research.
EIT Health Innovation Validation Call 2027
Funding to help digital health and MedTech companies clinically validate digital or AI-enabled medical devices, meet regulatory requirements, and bring products to market.
Funding opportunity: Mid-range equipment for biosciences research: ALERT 2026
Apply for funding to purchase mid-range equipment for research across BBSRC’s scientific remit. This is an equipment-only grant for a single piece of equipment to be widely used and well supported, promoting access, collaboration and equipment sharing.
Invite only: Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) medical countermeasures R&D
Apply for funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions across any stage of the developmental pathway, from prototype development, through pre-clinical refinement, to early-phase clinical studies (up to phase 2a) for CBRN threats. Applications must demonstrate how the proposed research will result in improved domestic preparedness for CBRN threats.
MRC Centre of Research Excellence: round five: outline application
Apply for MRC Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) funding to tackle complex and interdisciplinary health challenges. MRC CoREs will be funded for up to 14 years, with an initial seven-year award based on 80% FEC funding.
Guidelines for Health Applications
Funding for UK projects focussed on healthcare delivery that directly benefit UK residents with limited access to essential healthcare. Accepts applications for permanent focus areas addressing acute conditions, as well as temporary focus areas covering physical and mental health.
International Travel Award Scheme for the Biological Sciences
Funding to visit international partners, initiate collaborations, prepare joint funding proposals, visit overseas facilities, or attend European consortia-building events for stays of up to one month.
Transatlantic Life Sciences Non-Dilutive Funding Opportunities
Combined expertise and non-dilutive funding programmes across the U.S. and Europe for life sciences innovators to support R&D, commercialisation, scale-up, and growth strategies.
Engineering Biology Programme: mission hubs
Apply for funding to pursue a flagship applied research and innovation programme aimed at harnessing engineering biology to address major industrial and societal challenges through a mission focus. Your programme must be co-developed and co-delivered with industry and demonstrate significant potential to deliver the expected outcomes.
Vinehill Trust Health Applications Guidelines
Funding for healthcare delivery projects directly benefiting UK residents, covering permanent focus areas like acute conditions as well as annual temporary focus areas across physical and mental health.
Rapid Response Fund
Supports new research and urgent opportunities to tackle emerging infections and future pandemic threats requiring rapid activation and commissioning.
Festive Connections Grant Programme
Grants provided by the McCarthy Stone Foundation for grassroots charitable organisations supporting people over 65 with core cost funding or project funding.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about UK life sciences & health grants