Scheme finder
If you’ve got a great idea in the areas we support, browse our grant schemes to find the one that’s right for you.
Providing support for researchers who want to establish or maintain biomedical resources (including databases and collections) for the benefit of the wider scientific community.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
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See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Type of researcher:
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You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Up to £1.5 million
Duration of funding:
Up to 5 years
Providing promising undergraduates with hands-on experience of research during the summer vacation, with the aim of encouraging them to consider a career in research.
Career stage:
-
For undergraduates who are thinking of a research career.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland
Type of researcher:
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You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Stipend of £250 a week
Duration of funding:
6 to 8 weeks
Supporting researchers who want to explore the links between people’s health and a changing climate.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland,
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See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- Rest of the world
Level of funding:
£100,000 to £500,000 (up to £1 million in exceptional circumstances)
Duration of funding:
Up to 3 years
Enabling medical, dental, veterinary and clinical psychology graduates to continue their research at postdoctoral level and develop scientific independence. The scheme provides support for up to eight years and the flexibility to balance research and clinical responsibilities.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland
Type of researcher:
-
You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Up to £1 million for each phase
Duration of funding:
Up to 8 years
Funding teams who are tackling major health-related questions in the humanities and social sciences that require a collaborative approach.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
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For people who want to return to a research career after a break of two years or more.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland,
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See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Level of funding:
Up to £1.5 million
Duration of funding:
3 to 5 years
Funding teams of researchers, consisting of independent research groups, to work together on the most important scientific problems that can only be solved through collaborative efforts.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland,
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Up to £4 million
Duration of funding:
Up to 5 years
'Curiosity' provides funding for organisations who want to run exciting and engaging science activities aimed at disadvantaged children and young people.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK
Level of funding:
Up to £10,000 a year for a small award. Up to £40,000 a year for a large award.
Duration of funding:
Up to 3 years
Offering short-term funding for biomedical researchers to travel between the UK and the Middle East to learn new techniques and develop academic collaborations.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Rest of the world
Type of researcher:
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You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Up to £3,500 (four weeks) or up to £9,000 (three months)
Duration of funding:
Four weeks or three months
Enabling researchers to undertake humanities or social science doctoral degrees in any area of health.
Career stage:
-
For people who have, or are about to finish, an undergraduate degree and want to go on to do a Master's or PhD.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland,
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See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Level of funding:
Stipend, research expenses and tuition fees
Duration of funding:
Usually 3 years
Developing emerging leaders from a range of backgrounds so they can engage the public with health research.
Where your activity will take place:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland
Level of funding:
Salary and research expenses covered
Duration of funding:
Up to 2 years. Can be done part time.
Providing support for researchers who want to help affected countries and international decision makers to better prevent and control the spread of cholera.
Career stage:
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland,
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See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- Rest of the world
Level of funding:
Small awards: up to £350,000. Large awards: between £350,000 and £2 million.
Duration of funding:
Up to 2 years
Providing support for social science researchers who want to develop new standardised ways to conduct research for epidemic preparedness and response.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland,
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- Rest of the world
Level of funding:
Up to £2 million is available to fund several awards
Duration of funding:
Up to 2 years
Supporting PhD programmes in the UK to train biomedical and public health researchers.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Studentship stipends, fees and other costs
Duration of funding:
Five annual intakes of students, starting in autumn 2020
Offering the most promising students in-depth postgraduate training at 32 programmes throughout the UK.
Career stage:
-
For people who have, or are about to finish, an undergraduate degree and want to go on to do a Master's or PhD.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
Level of funding:
Studentship stipend, fees and other costs
Duration of funding:
4 years
This award will fund one consortium of research and policy-making institutions in low- and lower-middle-income countries. The aim is to evaluate methods for strengthening the capacity of ministries of health in those countries to make better use of health research.
Where your host organisation is based:
- Low- and lower-middle-income countries
Level of funding:
$1 million
Duration of funding:
Up to 3 years
Supporting teams of researchers working on human infection studies in low- and middle-income countries to accelerate vaccine development.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
Level of funding:
£3 million to £5 million
Duration of funding:
Up to 5 years
Supporting researchers who are transforming great ideas into healthcare innovations that could have a significant impact on human health.
Level of funding:
Up to £500,000, or up to £750,000 for multidisciplinary collaborations
Duration of funding:
Usually up to 24 months, or up to 36 months for multidisciplinary collaborations
Offering nationals of low- and middle-income countries the opportunity to lead their own research programmes.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Salary and research expenses covered
Duration of funding:
5 years
Offering nationals of low- and middle-income countries the opportunity to receive training at Master’s degree level.
Career stage:
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For people who have, or are about to finish, an undergraduate degree and want to go on to do a Master's or PhD.
Where your host organisation is based:
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
£120,000 including salary, studentship stipend, fees and research expenses
Duration of funding:
30 months (12 months taught Master’s course and 18 months research project)
Offering nationals of low- and middle-income countries the opportunity to receive training at postgraduate or postdoctoral level.
Career stage:
-
For people who have, or are about to finish, an undergraduate degree and want to go on to do a Master's or PhD.
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For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
Where your host organisation is based:
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Salary, fees and research expenses covered
Duration of funding:
3 years
Enabling humanities and social science researchers with a compelling research vision to tackle the most significant questions in human health.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland,
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Level of funding:
From £250,000 to £1 million
Duration of funding:
Usually 3 to 5 years
Enabling independent researchers with a compelling research vision to tackle the most important questions in science.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland,
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Flexible funding, up to around £3 million. Salary isn’t provided.
Duration of funding:
Flexible duration, up to 7 years
Funding late-stage trials of interventions that will provide evidence to help improve health in low- and middle-income countries.
Career stage:
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Up to £20 million is available to fund several awards. Development grants are up to £150,000 each.
Duration of funding:
Development grants are up to 2 years. Research grants are usually 3 to 4 years, but can be up to 5 years.
Supporting research based in low- and middle-income countries to improve health systems in those locations.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland,
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- Rest of the world
Type of researcher:
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You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Approximately £4 million is available to fund five to ten research grants. Foundation grants are up to £200,000 each.
Duration of funding:
Research grants normally last up to three years. Foundation grants last for 24 months.
Providing support for researchers who want to establish, maintain or enhance longitudinal population studies (LPS) for the benefit of the wider scientific community.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Up to £5 million for a Core support grant. Up to £1.5 million for an Enhancing value grant.
Duration of funding:
Up to 5 years
Supporting Master’s programmes to train humanities and social science researchers in any area of health.
Career stage:
-
For people who have, or are about to finish, an undergraduate degree and want to go on to do a Master's or PhD.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland
Level of funding:
Each award covers the cost of 3 studentships
Duration of funding:
3 years
Providing support for multi-user items of equipment.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
-
You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
£100,000 to £1 million
Duration of funding:
Up to 5 years
Enabling researchers to develop and test innovative ways of making health research open, accessible and reusable.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
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For people who want to return to a research career after a break of two years or more.
Level of funding:
Up to £50,000
Duration of funding:
Up to one year
Offering clinicians the opportunity to undertake a PhD within a structured and mentored training environment.
Career stage:
-
For people who have, or are about to finish, an undergraduate degree and want to go on to do a Master's or PhD.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland
Type of researcher:
-
You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Salary and research expenses covered
Duration of funding:
Usually 3 years
Providing long-term funding for senior research scientists of international standing.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Salary and research expenses covered
Duration of funding:
5 or 7 years (you can apply for renewal after this time)
This fund enables individuals and organisations to use creative approaches in engaging the public with health research.
Where your project will take place:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland,
- Low- and middle-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and East Asia and Pacific
Level of funding:
£25,000 to £3 million
Duration of funding:
Up to 3 years
Offering practising health professionals the opportunity to carry out humanities or social science research, in any area of health.
Career stage:
-
For people who have, or are about to finish, an undergraduate degree and want to go on to do a Master's or PhD.
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For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
Level of funding:
Salary and research expenses covered
Duration of funding:
Up to 3 years
Providing support for postdoctoral researchers at academic organisations in the Republic of Ireland who aim to become independent scientists leading their own group.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- Republic of Ireland
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Salary and research expenses covered
Duration of funding:
5 years
Offering postdoctoral research scientists the opportunity to re-establish their scientific careers after a continuous break from research of at least two years.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
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For people who want to return to a research career after a break of two years or more.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Salary and research expenses covered
Duration of funding:
Up to 4 years
Enabling Wellcome grantholders to identify and tackle barriers to diversity and inclusion in their work.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
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For people who want to return to a research career after a break of two years or more.
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Up to £20,000
Duration of funding:
Funding will end at the same time as your main Wellcome grant
Supporting Wellcome grantholders to develop innovative ways to make their research open, accessible and reusable.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
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For people who want to return to a research career after a break of two years or more.
Level of funding:
Up to £50,000
Duration of funding:
Funding will end at the same time as your main Wellcome grant
Helping Wellcome grantholders to engage the public with their research. This scheme was previously known as the Provision for Public Engagement.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
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For people who want to return to a research career after a break of two years or more.
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Up to £250,000, or 5% of the funding awarded under your main Wellcome grant
Duration of funding:
Funding will end at the same time as your main Wellcome grant
Supporting postdoctoral researchers in health-related humanities and social sciences who do not hold established academic posts.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
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For people who want to return to a research career after a break of two years or more.
Level of funding:
Salary and research expenses covered
Duration of funding:
Up to 3 years
Providing support for research institutes and humanitarian organisations that work in partnership to improve health outcomes in humanitarian crises.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland,
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- Rest of the world
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
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You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
An overall budget of about £3.5 million for each call
Duration of funding:
The maximum duration of a grant is 36 months
Helping collection and information professionals develop library and archive material for humanities and social science researchers.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland
Level of funding:
Up to £500,000
Duration of funding:
Up to 5 years
Secondment Fellowships are for humanities and social science researchers who we already fund. Researchers spend three to six months working at non-academic organisations to develop their skills.
Career stage:
-
For people who have, or are about to finish, an undergraduate degree and want to go on to do a Master's or PhD.
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For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
Level of funding:
A fully-funded extension to a fellowship, PhD or research assistant position
Duration of funding:
3 to 6 months
Helping researchers develop compelling and innovative ideas that will go on to form part of larger grant applications to Wellcome or elsewhere.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
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For people who want to return to a research career after a break of two years or more.
Level of funding:
Usually between £25,000 and £100,000
Duration of funding:
12 to 18 months
Helping researchers develop novel ideas that will go on to form part of larger grant applications to Wellcome or elsewhere.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
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For people who want to return to a research career after a break of two years or more.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland,
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
-
You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Up to £100,000
Duration of funding:
Up to 2 years
Supporting independent researchers who want to tackle the most important questions in science and who are leaders in their field.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland,
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
-
You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Salary and research expenses covered
Duration of funding:
Up to 7 years (after this you can apply for one renewal of up to 5 years with 50% of your salary covered by us)
Providing support for postdoctoral researchers who aim to become independent scientists leading their own groups. The scheme is a partnership between the Royal Society and the Wellcome Trust.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Salary and research expenses covered
Duration of funding:
5 years (you can apply for 3 more years after this time)
Offering recently qualified postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to start independent research careers, working in some of the best research environments in the world.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
- Public health
Level of funding:
£300,000, including salary, fellowship supplement and research expenses
Duration of funding:
4 years
Funding programmes of activities that enable researchers to build professional networks, develop new research agendas and increase the impact of their work.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
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For people who want to return to a research career after a break of two years or more.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK,
- Republic of Ireland,
-
See a list of low- and middle-income countries, as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Level of funding:
Usually up to £30,000
Duration of funding:
Flexible, usually 6 to 12 months but can be longer
Providing small grants to support basic biomedical scientists as they develop their independent research careers. The scheme is a collaboration between the Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) and the Wellcome Trust.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK
Type of researcher:
-
You're not a clinically qualified researcher.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Up to £100,000, with research assistance and expenses
Duration of funding:
Two years
Providing small grants to enable clinical lecturers to pursue their research work, gather preliminary data and strengthen their applications for longer-term fellowships and funding.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK
Type of researcher:
-
You're a clinically qualified doctor, vet, dentist or a clinical psychologist.
- Public health
Level of funding:
Up to £30,000
Duration of funding:
1 to 2 years
Bringing researchers and creative professionals together at Wellcome Collection to work as a collaborative residency.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.
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For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
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For people who want to return to a research career after a break of two years or more.
Level of funding:
Flexible funding, up to £1 million
Duration of funding:
One to two years
Funding large interdisciplinary research collaborations and networks to support research on the primary prevention of non-communicable diseases in the UK.
Where your host organisation is based:
- UK
Level of funding:
£4 million to £7 million for a consortium; up to £400,000 for a network
Duration of funding:
5 years for a consortium; up to 4 years for a network
Enabling humanities and social science researchers to gain permanent positions at academic organisations.
Career stage:
-
For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.
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For people who want to return to a research career after a break of two years or more.
Level of funding:
Salary and research expenses covered
Duration of funding:
Up to 5 years