Funding opportunity

CfI: Engineering Biology for Defra and FSA Phase 1

• Opportunity status: Open
• Funders: Innovate UK
• Funding type: Other
• Total fund: £3,000,000
• Publication date: 1 September 2026
• Opening date: 1 September 2026 9:00am UK time
• Closing date: 14 October 2026 11:00am UK time

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.

Organisations can apply for a share up to £3 million inclusive of VAT, to develop and scale Engineering Biology platforms, products and services.

Eligibility summary

To lead a project, you can:

• be a UK based organisation of any size
• work alone or with other organisations as subcontractors

Contracts will be awarded to a single legal entity only.