BBSRC-STFC Biotechnology Business Incubation Centre (BioBIC)

31/08/2023

21/08/2024

Apply for funding to turn your innovative technology concepts into market reality. The BioBIC is an incubator programme for early-stage biotechnology start-ups based at Sci-Tech Daresbury in the Liverpool City Region. The research underpinning the products or services being carried forward by the research team must be building on a previous BBSRC or other UKRI grant that is taking forward a bioscience innovation to address any market opportunity. (Forecasted date for next year's call).

The technology must be either biological in nature, interact with a biological entity, involve a biological process, or address a biological challenge. Applications based on medical or clinical devices and therapeutics being developed solely for a specific end-point clinical utility (including diagnostics) will not be accepted. The BioBIC provides £45,000 of research and development funding, in addition to technical, commercial and intellectual property support to help start-ups de-risk their technologies and get to market faster.

Applicant type Commercial or Private Sector; Non-profit Eligibility Note The BioBIC is open to UK-registered companies under five years old that are majority-owned by founders and employees. The research underpinning the products or services being carried forward by the company must be building on a previous BBSRC or other UKRI grant that is taking forward a bioscience innovation to address a market opportunity.