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 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.
Located within the rapidly growing Sci-Tech Daresbury campus in the Liverpool City Region, the Bio BIC will enable biotechnology businesses to access, and benefit from, the wider collaborative ecosystem on campus. Daresbury Laboratory's scientists and engineers have been pushing the boundaries of modern science for more than 50 years, and startups today can benefit from working side-by-side with pioneers and peers alike.
The campus is also the home to 3 well-established industrial clusters for the North West, specifically dedicated to the health tech, space and digital sectors.
Bringing business ideas to life
The Bio BIC provides an outstanding support package for start-ups. Successful applicants will be provided with:
Eligibility
To be eligible for the Bio BIC you must be a UK-registered company under 5 years old that is majority-owned by founders and employees. You must also have received previous BBSRC or other UKRI research funding.
The next expression of interest deadline is is 23:59 on 21 August 2023
Get in touch
For more information please email Amy Farrington: amy.farrington@stfc.ac.uk
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