Funding Amount
The Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF) provides capital grants for investments in the manufacture of life sciences products in the UK.
The fund will provide capital grants for investments in the manufacture of:
Eligible projects must have a total cost (capital and non-capital costs) of at least £8 million.
Eligible Applicants
To be eligible for the fund, the source states that the company must be a:
Wholly private sector business
Contract development manufacturing organisation
Eligible Activities
The grant is designed to support manufacturing projects in the life sciences sector.
The source states that eligible manufacturing investments are for the manufacture of:
Human medicines, including:
Manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) / drug substance
Manufacture of finished product / drug product
Medical diagnostics, for both:
MedTech products, including:
All types of medical devices related to human health
To be eligible, the project must:
Have a total cost of at least £8 million
Be primarily a capital investment
Be a single company investment
Require the grant funding to proceed
Be a manufacturing project for one of the eligible product categories above
Program Deadline
Applications are assessed in quarterly rounds until all funding has been allocated.