Wellcome Call for Applications: Wellcome Discovery Awards
This scheme, the Wellcome Discovery Awards, provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. The award usually lasts for 8 years, but may be less for some disciplines, such as humanities and social science.
In order to apply for this grant the host organisation of the lead applicant is based either in the UK, Republic of Ireland or Low- or middle-income countries (apart from India and mainland China).
Eligibility and suitability:
- You must aim to make a major contribution to your research field by generating significant shifts in understanding and/or developing methodologies, conceptual frameworks, tools or techniques that could benefit health-related research.
- You will be expected to actively promote a diverse, inclusive and supportive research environment within your team and across your organisation.
- Your research can be in any discipline – including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), experimental medicine, humanities and social science, clinical/allied health sciences, and public health – as long as it has the potential to improve human life, health and wellbeing.
- The research can be in a single discipline or multidisciplinary.
- An award can be held by an established researcher or a team of researchers led by an established researcher.
Read more here.
Applications deadline November 11, 2021.
