Grants and fellowships
3 programmes. Of these, 2 say they take no equity, and 2 have applications open.
BIRAC grant scheme for early biotech startups taking an idea to proof of concept, giving up to ₹50 lakh grant-in-aid over up to 18 months, run through partner incubators that screen and mentor grantees.
Funding not published · equity not published
Free, equity-free nine-month part-time fellowship that helps PhD researchers at UK and European universities test the founder path, mostly online with three in-person events starting in London.
Funding not published · equity-free
Federal grants for US small businesses developing health and life science products. Applications are due on three standard dates a year under NIH's SBIR and STTR funding opportunities.
Funding not published · equity-free
We list 3 programmes: Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG), Conception X Venture Scientist 100 and NIH SBIR/STTR (NIH Seed Fund). Each listing links to the programme's own pages and shows the day we last verified it.
2 of the 3 say they take no equity: Conception X Venture Scientist 100 and NIH SBIR/STTR (NIH Seed Fund). 1 does not publish its equity terms.
Applications are open for Conception X Venture Scientist 100 (closes 6 December 2026) and NIH SBIR/STTR (NIH Seed Fund) (closes 5 January 2027). The deadlines page lists every date we track.
Bethesda (1) and London (1). Delivery varies: each listing says whether the programme runs in person, remotely or both.
Send us your dates and terms and we will publish them with a link to your own pages.