[IUK] Engineering Biology Collaborative R&D: Round 3
UK businesses can apply for funding to lead collaborative industrial research projects developing and scaling innovative engineering biology products, processes and services. Projects must address a genuine commercialisation or scale-up constraint, involve a named downstream end user and demonstrate a clear route to commercial growth in the UK. Applications can address health, agriculture and food, chemicals and materials, low-carbon fuels, waste and environmental applications, or cross-cutting technology and service development.
Next deadline
Closes: 3 November 2026
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What it funds
UK businesses can apply for funding to lead collaborative industrial research projects developing and scaling innovative engineering biology products, processes and services. Projects must address a genuine commercialisation or scale-up constraint, involve a named downstream end user and demonstrate a clear route to commercial growth in the UK. Applications can address health, agriculture and food, chemicals and materials, low-carbon fuels, waste and environmental applications, or cross-cutting technology and service development.
Who it suits
Business-led consortia developing commercially focused engineering biology innovations that are sufficiently mature for industrial research, validation, scale-up, demonstration and preparation for market adoption.
- Life sciences & health
- Clean energy & net zero
- Manufacturing & materials
- Late stage & scale-up
Programme specifications
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