Grant funding for life sciences companies

Therapeutics, medtech, diagnostics and digital health. The science is yours; the funding side is ours, which competitions actually fit, what the consortium needs to look like, how the case has to be positioned to score. We’ll tell you honestly where you stand before you commit.

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Funders backing life sciences Innovate UK NIHR EIC Eurostars

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Across life sciences, from bench to bedside

Therapeutics
Medtech and devices
Diagnostics
Digital health
Oncology
Health data and AI
Synthetic biology
Drug delivery

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These life sciences competitions are open now, closing soonest first. Sign up free and add your website, and we read what you do, score each one against it, and tell you which are worth your time, and which aren't.

EIT Health Closes 02 Nov 2026

Healthcare Entrepreneurship Levelling Online Course

Help build the foundation for the next generation of healthcare innovators.

Up to €70k · 50% funded

EIT Health Closes 02 Nov 2026

Technology Transfer Offices & Entrepreneurship Support Call

Deliver activities from the Beyond the Lab: From Research to Venture programme

Up to €154k · 50% funded

EIT Health Closes 02 Nov 2026

Call for University Incubators and Entrepreneurship Support Providers

Deliver activities of the Beyond the Idea: From Concept to Venture programme

Up to €72k · 50% funded

EIT Health Closes 02 Nov 2026

Fostering Oportunities in Regional Growth Across Europe

We’re looking for experienced organisations to design and deliver the Fostering Oportunities in Regional Growth Across Europe programme, a flagship capacity-building...

Up to €125k · 50% funded

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Programmes that fit

The programmes that come round every year

Most of the calls above come from a few large, recurring programmes. Worth knowing by name: they reopen on a cycle, and each one is looking for something specific.

01 Innovate UK

Biomedical Catalyst

The flagship for UK health innovation. Industry-led R&D from feasibility through to late-stage development, across therapeutics, medtech, diagnostics and digital health.

Typical award: £250k to £1.4m
Best for: Pre-clinical to early clinical

02 NIHR

i4i Product Development

For medical devices, diagnostics and digital health with a clear NHS pathway. Assessors want to see clinical need, a named NHS partner, and a route to adoption.

Typical award: Up to £1m+
Best for: Medtech with an NHS partner

03 EIC

EIC Accelerator

European deep-tech scale-up funding, grant plus optional equity, open to UK companies. Strong fit for therapeutics and medtech with a first-in-human or first-market plan and a bold claim.

Typical award: Up to €2.5m + equity
Best for: Deep tech at first-in-human stage

What assessors actually score

Clinicians and scientists mark these. Write for them.

Life sciences bids lose marks in predictable places. Our AI Assessor scores every answer against the real criteria, and a bid-writer who has sat on the other side tells you where it's still thin.

1

Clinical need, evidenced not asserted

Patient numbers, current pathway, and what fails today, with sources. “Huge unmet need” loses marks.
2

A clear line between shown and projected

What you have demonstrated, at what TRL, versus what the grant will prove. Blur it and reviewers assume the worst.
3

Regulatory and adoption route

MHRA / UKCA class, the NHS or payer pathway, and who signs off. Assessors are checking you know the hoops.
4

A commercial case that survives the clinic

Who pays, how much, and why a hospital or pharma partner would switch. Not just market size.