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Biotech grants

SBIR funding for therapeutics, platforms and biomanufacturing

Biotech is the most competitive part of the federal portfolio and the most rewarding. NIH alone commits well over $1.2B a year through SBIR/STTR, and NSF funds biotechnology platforms that are too early for a disease-specific institute. Our writers hold PhDs in molecular biology, immunology and bioengineering, so your preclinical package is translated by someone who has run the assays.

Biotech research and development work funded by federal grants

$240M+ won by our team

PhD-level specialists, never a template or an AI tool.

Agencies funding biotech

  • National Institutes of Health logo
  • National Science Foundation logo
  • Department of Energy logo
  • US Department of Agriculture logo
  • ARPA-H

Programs that fit biotech companies

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NIH SBIR/STTR

Institute-specific topics, three receipt dates a year, $314K Phase I.

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NSF SBIR: Biotechnology

Open-topic platform technologies, starting with a Project Pitch.

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ARPA-H

High-risk programmatic funding for breakthrough biomedical approaches.

What reviewers actually score

  • A falsifiable Phase I hypothesis with quantitative go/no-go milestones
  • Honest treatment of biological risk rather than optimistic hand-waving
  • A regulatory and reimbursement pathway that a non-specialist reviewer can follow

Where we work in biotech

Therapeutics
Drug discovery platforms
Synthetic biology
Biomanufacturing
Cell & gene therapy
Bioinformatics

Fund your biotech R&D

Talk to us about your federal funding plans and we'll help you make it happen through effective, results-driven grant writing.