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Engineering Biology in Cambridge

 

Relevant funding opportunities for researchers in engineering and synthetic biology

Latest Funding Opportunities

A joint BBSRC-Defra programme aims to fund ‘plug and play’ veterinary vaccine platforms, leveraging transformative technologies, interdisciplinary approaches, and cross-sector partnerships, focusing on entire platform technology pipeline from antigen discovery to delivery and underpinned by...

Spend 18 months as a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) core policy fellow, a Natural Hazards and Resilience policy fellow or a What Works Innovation fellow to inform policy to address pressing national and

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Are you interested in research & innovation funding opportunities in the areas of food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment? Join the Horizon Europe Cluster 6 Information Days to learn more a bout the topics of the forthcoming Work Programme 2025.The event will cover...

This scheme aims to support the most talented early career researchers and innovators who are transitioning to or establishing research

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The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme allows a UK registered business or not for profit organisation, (which we will refer to collectively as the ‘business partner’ from now on) to partner with a ‘knowledge base partner’, which is either a UK...

Research Fellowships are awarded to outstanding early-career researchers to support them to become future research leaders in engineering. Applicants must have been awarded their PhD in the last four years, and the Research Fellowship must be held at a UK...

Apply for funding to carry out independent research within a host laboratory and gain leadership skills. You must demonstrate appropriate and relevant research, technical or innovation experience. You are not eligible to apply if you hold or have held a post or position at lecturer level (or...

The ESRC have announced their New Investigator Grant scheme. This scheme is suitable for early career researchers who have yet to make the transition to be an...

Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) are looking to fund bold ideas within the Programmable Plants opportunity space with up to £500k each.  ...

Trinity College and the University of Cambridge’s new £48 million programme enabling fully funded PhDs has been launched. It is seeking the brightest minds from across the world to conduct ground-breaking research, creating the next generation of pioneering treatments, technology and services....

Are you ready to take the next step in advancing your bioscience research towards impact? BBSRC Follow-on Fund is now open! Apply by 26 March for up to £800,000 to progress your research towards innovation for a new...

This funding scheme supports early-career researchers from any discipline to establish their research identity and lead innovative projects that advance understanding of human life, health, and wellbeing....

We are excited to announce that the Mastercard Foundation and University of Cambridge Climate Resilience and Sustainability Research Fund 2025 Call is now open. This initiative aims to foster collaborative research between Africa and Cambridge based researchers with research...

The Carbon Technology Research Foundation is seeking to identify and then fund research into specific scientific problems which are inhibiting the progress of biotechnological routes to greenhouse gas removals from the atmosphere and oceans.

This is a two-phase...

The Milner Therapeutics Consortium Call for research proposals is now open! The deadline for applications is 7th March 2025. Our pharma partners in the Milner Therapeutics Consortium have identified topics for challenges that are a current priority for external collaboration with academics....

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to stimulate efforts to translate scientific discoveries and engineering developments into methods or tools that address problems in basic research to understand disease, or in applied research to assess risk, detect, prevent, diagnose...

The scheme is jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the Royal Society. The Royal Society recognises that diversity is essential for delivering...

The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme allows a UK registered business or not for profit organisation, (which we will refer to collectively as the ‘business partner’ from now on) to partner with a ‘knowledge base partner...

Cambridge NeuroWorks is proud to introduce the Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowship Programme, and we are inviting you to apply for one of two transformative fellowship streams in this pioneering initiative. This Fellowship programme, powered through our partnership with the ...

The purpose of this engineering-oriented notice of funding opportunity announcement (NOFO) is to encourage submissions of exploratory/developmental Bioengineering Research Grant (EBRG) applications to demonstrate feasibility and potential utility of new capabilities or improvements in...

Funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit. You must be an early career researcher or innovator who is either: looking to establish or...

Apply for funding to lead a cluster in a coordinated network for novel human in vitro models of complex disease. Clusters should be focused on:

  • the development, validation and adaptation of human in vitro disease models for ready adoption by end users in academia, industry or
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Apply for funding to support a programme of research focused on molecular and cellular medicine. There is no limit to the funding you can apply for. Applicants typically apply for £1 million or more. We will usually fund up to 80% of your project’s full economic cost.

You must:...

2048 Ventures is looking to bring on a Network Partner focused on sourcing biotech deals: graduate students seeing biotech pre-seed and seed deal flow in Boston in the US, and Cambridge, Oxford, and London in the UK. Our Network Partners get training in VC, compensation for...

The ESRC have announced their New Investigator Grant scheme. This scheme is suitable for early career...

Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach Grants Up to £5,000 for a Small Grant and between £5,001 and £10,000 funding for a Large Grant.  Deadline: Rolling, every other month ...

This scheme is open to all Principal Investigators in the School of Biological Sciences and aims to support ...

Please note: this opportunity is now closed.

The EngBio IRC supports postgrads (master’s and PhD students) and postdocs within the University of Cambridge Synthetic and Engineering Biology community to develop their own research skills, enable collaborations with different stakeholders...