Closing dates: EoI 16 Aug 2026, invited full applications 14 Sept 2026
BBSRC–STFC‘s DeepTech Catalyst Bio (DTC Bio) is a business incubator programme designed to support early-stage biotechnology start-ups in achieving their commercial potential.
DTC Bio provides:
- £50k of R&D funding
- £10k innovation voucher for R&D activity
- Technical, commercial, business and intellectual property support
- Networking opportunities and introductions to investors, customers, and key sector stakeholders
- Access to a number of UKRI campuses
The programme is open to UK-registered companies under 5 years old that are majority-owned by founders and employees and that have done one or more of the following:
- received a BBSRC or other UKRI grant to support research underpinning the product or service
- received an Innovate UK or other UKRI commercialisation grant to take forward a bioscience innovation to address a market opportunity
- received support from UKRI-supported accelerator or pre-incubation programme
The underpinning technology must be within BBSRC’s remit. The company must be able to demonstrate that it is beyond the concept stage of product development or market penetration, or both.
For further information see HERE.
