Innovation Funding

Innovation Funding

IBioIC runs industry-led funding calls enabling IBioIC members to partner with one or more Scottish Higher Education Institutes on projects which aim to address and solve defined commercial problems through the innovative application of biotechnology.
Projects are selected via a competitive process involving scientific and commercial review by the Centre’s Advisory Boards.
To find out more about our Innovation Fund competitions, or for help in identifying an academic partner, please contact our Projects Team.


Call closed 17.00 1 September 2022

For more information on future calls or for general funding advice contact our Projects team: projects@ibioic.com


Innovation Fund 2022
IBioIC's Innovation Fund awards up to £100,000 for collaborative projects between companies and academia, to support costs incurred by academic partners. This must be matched by cash/ in-kind contributions from Industry.
To be eligible, projects must align with Scotland’s National Plan for Industrial Biotechnology and companies must demonstrate a strong presence in Scotland.