Biotechnology Business Incubation Centre 2025
Supporting early-stage biotechnology companies to turn their innovative technology concepts into market reality
Opportunity Details
When
Registration Opens
11/08/2025 00:00
Registration Closes
07/09/2025 23:59
Award
£50k of R&D funding, a £10k innovation voucher for R&D activity, and technical, commercial and IP support.
The Biotechnology Business Incubation Centre (Bio BIC) is designed to support early-stage biotechnology companies achieve their commercial potential.
A collaboration between the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the Bio BIC has the expertise and networks needed to enable growth and de-risk the route to market.
The Bio BIC is an incubator programme for early-stage biotechnology start-ups, providing access to a number of UKRI campuses: the STFC Sci-Tech Daresbury campus, and now as part of an expansion phase of the partnership, the BBSRC campuses of Rothamsted Enterprises and AberInnovation, with additional specialist support available from The Pirbright Institute. The Bio BIC provides £50k of R&D funding, a £10k innovation voucher for R&D activity, and technical, commercial and IP support to help start-ups de-risk their technologies and get to market faster.
The Bio BIC builds upon STFC’s strong track record of managing support programmes and facilities for small businesses across its locations nationally. With the support of BBSRC, a major funder of world-leading bioscience in the UK, the Bio BIC will help small biotechnology businesses, emerging from leading bioscience, turn their innovative technology concepts into market reality.
Who can apply?
The Bio BIC supports UK-registered companies under 5 years old that are majority-owned by founders and employees and can demonstrate that you are beyond the concept stage of your product development and/ or market penetration.
We can only accept applications from companies who have received one of the following:
- Received previous UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) research funding
- Received Innovate UK commercialisation funding
- Have participated in or received finance from an accelerator or pre-incubation support programme from a UKRI recognised organisation