The Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF)
Funding
£1,000,000 – £130,000,000
Deadline
1 April 2030
Location
England
Applications
Deadline: 1 April 2030
Overview
The Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund helps UK businesses invest in life science manufacturing equipment and facilities. You can get between £1 million and £130 million for capital investment projects. The funding aims to boost UK health resilience by supporting manufacturing of medicines, medical devices, and health products. Your business must be registered in the UK to apply. The deadline is 1 April 2030. This is for manufacturing projects that strengthen the UK's ability to produce essential health products. You need to show how your project will increase UK health resilience.
Requirements to check
Who can apply:
Key requirements:
- Must be UK registered business
- Must be capital investment project
- Must increase UK health resilience
This summary may not include every exclusion. Check the full eligibility rules, including who and what the funder will not support.
This grant is for UK registered businesses in life sciences manufacturing. You need a capital investment project that will increase UK health resilience. This could include manufacturing medicines, medical devices, or other health products.
Regions
Awards published
30,043
Typical award
£62,476
Most awards
£25,530 to £143,021
Most funded region
London
53 awards in 2025, down from 6,337 the year before.
Recent awards include University of Manchester (£160,000, 2025), University of Sheffield (£160,000, 2025) and University of Wolverhampton (£160,000, 2025).
Contains data from 360Giving publishers, used under open licence.
Full details from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
UK registered businesses can apply for funding for life science manufacturing capital investment projects which help increase UK health resilience.
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