Biomedical Catalyst 2025

Industry led R&D large projects

UK registered micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £25 million for the development of innovative solutions to health and healthcare challenges. This funding is from Innovate UK.

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In Short

Project Costs Project Costs

Up to £4 million

Grant Funding Grant Funding

£500,000 - £2 million

Programme Structure Programme Structure

2 strands, large and small projects

Project Type Project Type

Single or collaborative

Project Duration Project Duration

6-24 months

Application Deadline Application Deadline

10th December 2025

Themes

Your project can focus on any health, or healthcare, sector or discipline.

  • disease prevention and proactive management of health and chronic conditions
  • earlier and better detection and diagnosis of disease, leading to better patient outcomes
  • tailored treatments that either change the underlying disease or offer potential cures
  • transforming the delivery of healthcare
  • the development of digital health technologies
  • consumer focused self care

This list is not intended to be exhaustive.

Eligibility

Your project must have total project costs up to £4 million and not exceed a grant funding request of £500,000-£2Mn. At least 50% of the total project costs shared by the micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), if collaborative.

Project must last between 6 months and 24 months, starting by 1 July 2026 and ending by 30 June 2028.

Our Approach

The UK team has a strong track record in securing some of the most competitive national and European grants on behalf of its clients, with a full understanding of how a project should be presented to stand the highest chance of success. Each year in the UK alone, we are responsible for the submission of more than 100 funding applications across all sectors and priority areas. Based on this extensive experience, through careful project selection and using key insight into how a project should be best positioned, we consistently achieve success rates that are more than 5 times the typical success rates for UK national schemes and EU programmes.

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