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Mathematical modelling for next gen formulated products networkplus.

Apply for funding to establish a NetworkPlus to build communities and unlock the potential of new predictive mathematical approaches to drive towards rapid, smart, green and personalised formulation.

Applications must have a strong mathematical emphasis.

Eureka collaborative R&D: Eurostars three call seven

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million for collaborative research and development (R&D) in partnership with organisations from participating Eurostars countries.

NERC urgency funding 2024

Apply for funding to respond quickly to transient, unexpected environmental research opportunities created by sporadic natural occurrences such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, or ephemeral events in ecosystems.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.

Engineering Healthier Environments: Micro Network and Micro Network Plus

Apply for funding to develop an interdisciplinary Micro Network or Micro Network Plus focused on developing new and existing collaborations within the topic of engineering healthier environments.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.

Pre-announcement: Healthcare Technology Translation Partnership Scheme

Apply for funding to accelerate progress of fundamental research towards application and impact in areas bringing significant health benefit through partnering with clinical and healthcare professionals, and industrial partners.

EPSRC Core Equipment Award 2024

Apply for funding to purchase multi-user equipment at departmental, interdepartmental or regional scale. The equipment nature is mainly enabling research. The level of equipment is £10,000 to £400,000.

Africa-UK physics partnership collaborative research projects

Apply for funding for collaborative physics-led projects addressing the challenges of climate change, energy, and capacity building, across African economies.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding and have a project co-lead based in an eligible African country.

UK Gut-Immunology-Brain Axis Network+: Stage 2 (invite only)

This opportunity is for the gut-immunology-brain-axis (GIBA) leadership team to apply for funding to support a single interdisciplinary GIBA Network +.

Funding of up to £5 million across four years will support one network.

Funding for short courses and summer schools in 2025

Apply for funding to hold short courses, summer schools and online training resources in science or technology.

You must be from an STFC-accredited UK university or research organisation eligible for STFC funding.

Innovate UK innovation loans future economy: round 16

UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.

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Research and Development Grants

Browse the latest research and development grants for large, medium and small businesses, as well as nonprofits and charitable organisations.

A research and development grant typically funds the development of a new product, service or process, with a view to bringing it closer to the market. The final result might be a medical treatment, a consumer device, or a piece of software that accomplishes a particular task, to name a few.

Research and development grants are typically offered by governmental organisations – eg, HM Government, or by regional/local bodies. Other bodies, such as corporations or universities, may also offer grant funding opportunities.

Research and Development grants – a selection from our subscription database

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Farming Futures: Nutrient Management Phase 1 Industrial Research and Feasibility Competitions

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North Wales – UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Knowledge Transfer Voucher Scheme

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New Innovators in Digital Technology Competition – North East England

New innovators in immersive and creative competition – coventry and warwickshire, digital dairy chain: collaborative r&d and growth round 2 sipf.

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IUK Design Foundations Competition Round 5

Smart shipping acceleration fund.

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Nottingham – UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Talent and Innovation Project

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Tenfold NetZero Accelerator Programme

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Water Restoration Fund

Aerospace technology institute (ati) non-co2 programme.

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Scottish Inward Investment Catalyst Fund

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Electrolyser Technology Competition

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Horizon Europe: Mission – Cancer

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Horizon Europe: Mission – Climate Neutral and Smart Cities

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Types of research funding

Non-commercial

The key aim of research charities is to generate knowledge that benefits the public good. Charities provide an important independent stream of research funding which complements the objectives of the Research Councils and Government departments. There are hundreds of research funding charities covering a wide range of aims. All are regulated by charity law and are required to adhere to certain obligations and restrictions on the use of charitable funds for research, e.g. the requirement to disseminate research findings and a prohibition on funding research for the purpose of commercial or private gain.

Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)

The AMRC is a member organisation of the leading UK charities that fund medical and health research. There are currently over 100 members, including the world’s largest charity, the Wellcome Trust, all with the common aim of improving human health by funding a wide range of research including basic, applied and disease specific. These charities provide funds in a variety of ways ranging from small pump-priming grants to substantial funds intended for programmes of research. Medical research charities can only fund research that falls within their charitable objectives, which may focus on a particular disease or condition, a range of diseases or more widely on improving human health through education and research.

Members are listed on the AMRC website .

UK Research and Innovation

UKRI , primarily through its Research Councils, invests approximately £2.8 billion per annum in research ranging from medical and biological sciences to astronomy, physics, chemistry, engineering, social sciences, economics, and the arts and humanities. The aim, scale and balance of the projects funded reflect the national research priorities agreed in consultation with Government and other stakeholders.  UKRI is principally funded through the Science Budget by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

UKRI comprises nine organisations: seven Research Councils, which are organised by discipline,  Innovate UK who support translation activities (often involving industry partners) and Research England, a funding council who support underpinning funding for universities:

• Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
• Medical Research Council (MRC)
• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
• Innovate UK
• Research England

UKRI also has its own funding streams:

• Official Development Assistance ( Newton Fund)
• National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF)
• Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
• Talent -  Future Leaders Fellowships  (Imperial has an internal process for this scheme)
• Place -  Strength in Places Fund
• Strategic Priorities Fund

The Strategic Priorities Fund is currently the newest stream of funding emerging from the UKRI NPIF and is primarily being strategically allocated at this stage. There may be open calls at later stages. A summary of the current status of this stream can be seen in the following table - UKRI does not group together calls for this stream in the same way as the other streams. 

Other UK Goverment departments

A number of Government departments provide significant funding for a wide variety of research activities.

Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) DEFRA programmes on the environment, food and rural affairs.

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and QinetiQ DSTL is an agency of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). QinetiQ is Britain's largest independent science and technology company. They both supply scientific and technical research and advice to the MOD. Department for Transport (DfT) The DfT oversees the delivery of a reliable, safe and secure transport system that responds efficiently to the needs of individuals and business whilst safeguarding our environment. Department of Health (DH) The DH funds significant programmes of research and development in the NHS through the National Institute for Health Research . The national programmes investigate a broad range of healthcare matters including the provision of funding to support the training and education of future health researchers. In addition, DH spends about £30 million per annum through ad-hoc research budgets (held by Departmental policy branches) and through research undertaken by arm's length bodies including the Public Health England (previously known as the Health Protection Agency).

National Academies, including the Royal Society

There are four English-based National Academies, all of which have the same principal roles:

• an independent fellowship of world-leading scholars and researchers
• a funding body that supports new research, nationally and internationally
• advocacy for their respective research fields
• a forum for debate and engagement

The four organisations are as follows:

The  Royal Society  is a leading independent scientific body in the UK and the Commonwealth, promoting excellence in science by supporting scientists from postdoctoral level to senior professorships. They offer grants for a variety of purposes ranging from conference travel to the modernisation of laboratories.

The British Academy   is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future.  The British Academy provides a variety of grants and fellowships to support academic research, career development and wider engagement. Funding opportunities cover UK and international research from the postdoctoral level upwards.

The Royal Academy of Engineering  is  the UK’s national academy for engineering and technology, bringing together the most talented and successful engineers to advance and promote excellence in engineering for the benefit of society.  The Academy runs a programme of grants and prizes to support and celebrate the pursuit of engineering activities and to enable closer contact between academia and industry. 

The Academy of Medical Sciences is  the independent body in the UK representing the diversity of medical science, advancing biomedical and health research and its translation into benefits for society.  The Academy is committed to supporting the careers of the next generation of biomedical and health researchers  through a portfolio of  grant schemes , a  mentoring programme ,  career development events  and careers policy work .

National Institutes of Health, USA (NIH)

The NIH is the United States’ national medical research agency and consists of twenty-seven institutes and centres. It funds grants, cooperative agreements and contracts that support the advancement of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behaviour of living systems to meet the NIH mission of extending healthy life and reducing the burdens of illness and disability. Comprehensive information on NIH policies, funding opportunities is available on the NIH website .

NIH Application Process Flowchart [pdf]

National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORTER)

Further information: NIH Financial Conflict of Interest Policy

European Commission

The European Commission’s main mechanism for funding research and innovation in Europe is Horizon Europe which offers a range of funding opportunities to UK HEIs.

Information on funding opportunities, application processes and details of support is available from the Research Office Europe team: Horizon Europe

The UK Research Office (UKRO) is the UK's leading national information and advice service on European Commission funding for research and higher education, and their mission is to promote effective UK participation in European Commission funded research programmes, higher education programmes, and other related activities. This includes:

• Supporting sponsors and subscribers through early insight and briefing on developments in European programmes and policies
• Disseminating timely and targeted information on European Commission funding opportunities
• Providing high quality advice, guidance and training on applying for and managing European Commission projects

Details on European Commission funding are also available at UK Research Office (UKRO)

Internal schemes

The application and award processes of a number of College internal funding schemes are managed by the Funding Strategy team in the Research Office on behalf of the Vice-Provost (Research). These include, but are not limited to:

• Research Council supported Impact Acceleration Accounts
• EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowships
• Imperial College Research Fellowships

These awards go through the research ledger and are managed post award by Faculty Research Services teams.

Industry and private companies (national and multinational)

A wide variety of activities are funded by industry and the private sector.  A good understanding of the market context is critical when entering into negotiation with industry. This includes:

• Understanding the investigators’ and Imperial’s position within the wider market, i.e. retaining or gaining market share
• Acquiring sufficient knowledge of competitors
• Taking advantage of opportunities, e.g. gaps in the market
• Minimising risks and threats
• Relating supply with demand, e.g. reacting to funders’ priorities, where appropriate
• Understanding the funders’ willingness and ability to pay
• The value of the research to its business
• Consideration of multiple services to provide a competitive edge

Imperial has faculty-based contract negotiators who liaise with companies on the terms and conditions of funding. The requirement to retain the academic freedom to disseminate knowledge and ownership of background and arising Intellectual Property is central to contract negotiations. Because of this, negotiation can be a lengthy process. Background information to the contracting process and associated policies is available in the Contracts pages.

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National Institute for Health and Care Research

We fund, enable and deliver world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing, and promotes economic growth.

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Project funding

We fund a variety of commissioned, researcher-led and themed call research:

• in health, social care and public health
• in Global Health

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Career development

We support the development of professionals through:

• personal awards including Fellowships
• practitioner academic training
• Global Health Research careers

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Making a Difference

New evidence for shorter early breast cancer treatment

The NIHR-funded PERSEPHONE trial found that 6 months’ treatment with Herceptin (trastuzumab) for women with HER2-positive early breast cancer was as effective as 12 months’ treatment.

Giving preterm babies the best start from birth

Results of NIHR-funded research into the best feeding approach for extremely preterm babies have informed national guidelines, cut NHS costs & supported a consistent approach to practice

Test for sore throat cuts antibiotic use by nearly a third

A clinical scoring test developed by NIHR-funded researchers has cut the use of antibiotics prescribed for sore throats by nearly a third and a cost-effective approach to manage patients’ symptoms.

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Applied health and care research on both commissioned and researcher-identified topic areas.

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The NIHR funds and supports research:

• in all specialty therapy areas
• delivered by expert clinical leaders and practitioners
• through effective collaboration

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Global Health Research

NIHR is a major funder of high quality global health research that directly addresses the diverse health needs of people in low and middle income countries (LMICs). 

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Explore NIHR-supported research projects, their findings and data from our range of resources:

• 5+ journals and publications for the public, care and research professionals
• 3+ open access health research databases

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Foundation grants UK

We award research funding to original and robust ideas that aim to improve people’s lives.

Grant applications should fall within or across our key areas of interest: Education, Welfare and Justice.

The Foundation believes in the power of evidence to create change

Our funding grants are awarded to research that examines the inequalities, disadvantages and vulnerabilities people face throughout their lives, and produces findings that can influence future policy.

As an independent Foundation, we offer the freedom to frame questions and  enable new thinking to understand and find solutions to the challenges we face . We encourage interdisciplinary approaches in and across our three broad research areas of  Education ,  Justice  and  Welfare . We look for comprehensive proposals that use rigorous methodology and can make a difference.

Learn more about how some of our projects have led to real-world change in both policymaking and wider society. Explore our  impact  section.

For tips on submitting a successful application, watch our webinar on how to get Nuffield Foundation research funding.

For researchers applying for our Research, development and analysis fund , please note that in March 2024, we are pausing funding for strategic grants of over £750,000 while we consult with partners and stakeholders about our new strategy. The pause means that for 2024, the research projects we support will be for grant sizes of up to £750k.

As an inclusive funder, we welcome applications from diverse communities and under-represented groups.

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Racial Diversity UK

The Foundation has a new programme to support research on racial diversity within the UK. Racial Diversity UK offers an opportunity for a fresh look at how patterns of racial diversity and disparity develop and shape the UK now and in the coming decades, and to improve understanding of the barriers and pathways to a racially just and inclusive society.

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Each year we fund a three-month fellowship for at least one PhD student at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST).

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New  grants  for   projects  examin ing  key policy areas or  the economic and social context of the upcoming UK general election . 

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Wellcome Early-Career Awards

This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. Through innovative projects, they will deliver shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing. By the end of the award, they will be ready to lead their own independent research programme.

Scheme at a glance  

Your salary and up to £400,000 for research expenses. If eligible, you may also request additional funding for overseas allowances, overheads and adjustment support.

Usually 5 years, but may be less for some disciplines, and may only be longer if held on a part-time basis.

Deadline for new applications

Who can apply  .

You can apply to this scheme if you are an early-career researcher and you are ready to design, plan and deliver your own innovative research project that aims to:

• advance understanding in your field
• develop methodologies, conceptual frameworks, tools or techniques that could benefit health-related research.

During the award, we expect you to:

• expand your technical skills and/or your experience of different research methodologies or frameworks
• build a collaborative network with other researchers in your field
• develop your people management skills
• advance your understanding of how to complete research responsibly and promote a positive and inclusive culture.

By the end of the award, you should have the research maturity to develop, manage and lead your own creative, independent research programme.

If you decide not to pursue a career in research, you’ll have transferable skills that you can use in roles related to research or outside of research, for example in industry or teaching.

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Career stage and experience.

At the point you submit your application, you must have completed a substantive period of research training relevant to your discipline.

You must have:

• completed a PhD (for example, in the life sciences) or an equivalent higher research degree. At the point of application you must have passed your viva examination.
• if you have not started a PhD or equivalent degree, at least four years' equivalent research experience (for example, in the humanities and social sciences).

You may also have some postdoctoral experience in your proposed field of study, but no more than three years unless you can demonstrate how other factors have impacted on your research career. When we review how much postdoctoral experience you have, we will allow for part-time work, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, career breaks (for example, parental leave or long-term sick leave) and other significant amounts of time spent outside research (for example, clinical training).

We will also consider whether you have changed research discipline. For example, moving from astrophysics to computational neuroscience. There may be some crossover, such as in research sites or techniques, but the shift should still be a significant change.

We consider postdoctoral experience as any periods spent in research after you passed your PhD/higher research degree viva.

You should be able to demonstrate:

• a good understanding of research methodology
• evidence of project delivery and analysis.

You should not need close supervision to complete your proposed research, although you may need training in new techniques and experimental approaches.

How much time you must contribute 

You must be able to contribute at least 80% of your research time in support of the project proposed in the award.   You should not spend more than 20% of your time on non-research related activities, for example clinical duties, teaching or administration. If you're in a clinical craft speciality, you may spend up to 40% of your time on clinical duties.

Health professionals

If you are a health professional and you want to continue with clinical activities, you must be registered with, and be licensed by, the relevant professional regulator in the country you intend to work in. Read our  Q&As for health professionals .

If you are based in a low- or middle-income country

You can apply if you hold a permanent, open-ended or long term rolling contract and are based in a low- or middle-income country . All other eligibility criteria apply.

If you’ve spent time away from research

You can apply if you've spent time away from research (for example a career break, parental leave, or long-term sick leave). We'll allow for this when we consider your application.

Depending on your previous career stage and the level of supervision and retraining you need now, you may also want to consider a  Career Development Award .

Other people you must involve in the application and award

Sponsor show.

Your sponsor must be an individual at your administering organisation. They must hold an established post (or an honorary academic appointment) at the organisation for the duration of the award. They will be expected to:

• Guarantee the space and resources you’ll need from the start date to the end date of your award.
• Ensure the research environment will support you to complete your project.
• Confirm workload expectations with you – you should not spend more than 20% of your time on non-research related activities, for example clinical duties, teaching or administration. If you’re based in a clinical craft specialty, you may spend up to 40% of your time on clinical duties.

If you plan to work for more than three months outside your administering organisation, you must also have an additional sponsor at that location. They must guarantee the space and resources you'll need during your visit.

Mentor Show

You should also identify a mentor for the period of your award. They should have a track record in training and mentorship, and support and guide you on how to:

• manage your application
• develop your research career
• progress with your personal development
• manage the processes and regulations at your administering organisation (although they do not need to be based at your administering organisation).

Your sponsor can also be your mentor.

Other people you can involve in the application and award

Collaborators show.

You can involve collaborators in your application and award.

Collaborators support the delivery of the project but don't lead on a specific component of the research. For example, collaborators could support by:

• sharing facilities
• providing access to resources
• providing expertise on working in different countries
• sharing subject-specific knowledge and guidance.

Collaborators are not paid for their input but you can request costs for their expenses. In your application, you will need to confirm that you have contacted your proposed collaborators and they are willing to participate. Collaborators do not need to confirm their participation themselves.

Other Wellcome awards

During an Early-Career Award, you can be a coapplicant on one other Wellcome award.

Read about the different applicant roles at Wellcome and how many awards you can apply for or hold at one time .

Resubmissions

If you are unsuccessful with an application to this scheme, you can submit one more application for the same project. Significant changes are needed for the second application. You do not need to contact us first.

Who can't apply  

You are not eligible to apply if:

• You have an existing tenured (salaried) post for the duration of the award (unless based in a low- or middle-income country). You can only relinquish an existing tenured (salaried) post to take up an Early-Career Award if your current post is not research-based.
• You have made an application to this scheme and you are waiting for a decision.
• You hold, have held, or have accepted an offer for an equivalent award at this career stage. An equivalent award does not include short-term funding.

What short-term funding we allow Show

We allow short-term funding from your administering organisation or a learned society that supported your transition from doctoral to postdoctoral research. This can include, but is not limited to, funding for: 

• developing new research ideas (rather than a substantive research project)
• career progression
• travel or residencies after your PhD.

You can have more than one period of short-term funding, but the combined duration cannot be more than three years.

You cannot apply if you intend to carry out activities that involve the transfer of grant funds into mainland China.

Is your research right for this scheme?  

You must check whether Wellcome Discovery Research can fund your type of research project before you apply.

Check what we fund in Discovery Research

Your research must:

• fit within what we support in Discovery Research
• have the potential to improve human life, health, and wellbeing.

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.

Your research must not:

• fall outside of what we support in Discovery Research. Check what we don't fund.
• start earlier than seven months after the application deadline.

Review previous projects that have been successful for this scheme

Is your organisation right for this scheme?  

The administering organisation is the organisation responsible for submitting your final application to Wellcome and managing the finances of the grant if it is awarded.

Your grant must be administered by an eligible organisation that can sign up to our  grant conditions .

Where your administering organisation is based

The administering organisation  must be in one of the following:

• Republic of Ireland
• a  low- or middle-income country  (apart from India and mainland China).

It can be a:

• higher education institution
• research institute
• non-academic healthcare organisation
• not-for-profit organisation.

What your administering organisation must do

We expect organisations based in the UK to meet the responsibilities required by the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers for institutions, managers and researchers.

Any organisation with Wellcome funding that is based outside the UK is expected, at a minimum, to follow the principles of the Concordat.

Read the Concordat

We also expect your administering organisation to:

• Give you, and any staff employed on the grant, 10 days a year (pro rata if part-time) to undertake training and continuing professional development (CPD) in line with the Concordat. This should include the responsible conduct of research, research leadership, people management, diversity and inclusion, and the promotion of a healthy research culture.
• Provide a system of onboarding, embedding and planning for you when you join the organisation and/or start the award.
• Provide you with the status and benefits of other academic staff of similar seniority.

If your administering organisation is a core-funded research organisation, an Early-Career Award should not replace or lead to a reduction in existing or planned core support.

Your research environment

You should choose a research environment that provides you with the appropriate training, resources and experience to deliver your project and develop your research skills and identity. We encourage you to move away from your current research environment. This may mean moving from your group or department, but it is not essential to move organisations.

How applications are assessed  

We will review your research proposal, skills and experience, and research environment. The assessment weightings are used at interview stage.

Your research proposal (50%)

To be competitive, your research proposal will be:

• Bold.  It aims to deliver a significant shift in understanding and/or it provides a significant advance over existing methodologies, conceptual frameworks, tools or techniques. It has the potential to stimulate new and innovative research.
• Creative.  Your proposed approach is novel – it develops and tests new concepts, methods or technologies, or combines existing ideas and approaches in a new way.
• High quality.  It is well-designed, clear, supported by evidence and the proposed outcomes/outputs are feasible.

Your skills and experience (25%)

We will review:

• Your previous research outputs and contributions to the research community.
• Your research skills and experience of different methodologies, and how you plan to develop these during the award.
• How you will develop your management skills and capabilities for leading a research programme.

Your research environment (25%)

• How your research environment(s) will support you to deliver your research programme and develop as a researcher.
• How your administering organisation will help you develop your project and management skills.
• How you will contribute to a positive and inclusive research culture.

Research costs we'll cover  

A Wellcome Early-Career Award provides a salary for the grantholder and up to £400,000 for research expenses. 

On top of the £400,000 research expenses limit, you may also be able to ask for:

• overseas allowances
• adjustment support, including assistive technology (for example, screen readers or mobility aids) and support staff. Review the ‘staff’ section for more information.

If you are eligible for these costs, we will not count them against the £400,000 limit for research expenses. Contact us if you have any questions.

If after two or more years from your Early-Career Award activation date your organisation awards you a permanent, open ended or long-term rolling contract that includes your salary, you will be able to keep the salary element of the award to use towards your remaining research costs.  

The award usually lasts for 5 years, but may be less for some disciplines, such as humanities and social science.

The award may be held on a part-time basis. We will extend the duration of the award to reflect this.

You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s justifiable for your proposed research.

You can only hold one of these awards. We do not offer renewals.

The award includes:

A basic salary (determined by your administering organisation) show.

We will fund the total cost of your salary for the entire period of the grant. 

You can only receive one salary.

If you hold a permanent, open-ended or long term rolling contract and are based in a low- or middle-income country, we will fund the cost of your salary for the duration of the award.

Your salary should be based on the pay scales of the host organisation that will be employing you. It should include: 

• your basic salary 
• employer’s contributions, including any statutory obligations (for example, National Insurance contributions if you’re based in the UK) and pension scheme costs 
• any incremental progression up the salary scale 
• locally recognised allowances such as London allowance. 

You should not include: 

• any potential promotion costs 
• any Wellcome fellowship supplement that was part of a previous grant. 

If your host organisation is in a low- or middle-income country and you will be working in a high-income country for four weeks or more, you should be paid at an appropriate rate for that country, according to your age and experience. 

You should only allow for salary pay awards during Year 1. These should be based on pay awards already agreed. If the pay award is not yet known, applicants should use the International Monetary Fund inflation rate, selecting the ‘inflation, average consumer price’ option as indicator. 

From Year 2 onwards, we will automatically increase your salary, based on our current inflation allowance rates. 

If you are a clinical academic, your salary should be appropriate to your clinical status and within the salary scale for academic and senior clinical lecturers. 

If you're paid on a non-clinical salary scale, your basic salary should be in line with academics of a similar seniority. 

Read about the  responsibilities of grantholders and host organisations for people working on a Wellcome grant . 

Visa and work permit costs

If Wellcome is going to pay your salary on the grant, you can ask for visa and work permit costs to help you take up the post at your host organisation. Award holders who need a visa to work in the UK may be eligible for a Global Talent Visa .  

You can also ask for: 

• visa costs for your partner and dependent children 
• Immigration Health Surcharge costs for you, your partner and dependent children if you will be in the UK for six months or more 
• essential associated costs, such as travel to attend appointments at a visa application centre or embassy, and English language tests, if you can justify these. 

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If you have to move to take up the post at your host organisation, you can ask for up to £1,000. This is to cover personal removal costs only. 

You will have to explain in your application why you need this.

We will provide the salary costs for staff, full or part-time, who work on your project, up to the equivalent of a 36-month full-time post. For example, you can ask for 24 months' salary for a research assistant, and 12 months' salary for a technician.

You can ask for more staff costs (in addition to the equivalent of a 36-month full-time post) if you need:

• specialist service staff and technical experts, for example environmental sustainability, data analysis, fieldwork and clinical studies
• support because you or a member of staff employed on your grant is disabled or has a long-term health condition – see 'Disability-related adjustment support'.

We do not provide studentships on this award.

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Staff salaries should be appropriate to skills, responsibilities and expertise. You should ask your host organisation to use their salary scales to calculate these costs, which should include:

• basic salary
• employer’s contributions, including any statutory obligations (for example, National Insurance contributions if you’re based in the UK) and pension scheme costs
• Apprentice Levy charges for UK-based salaries
• any incremental progression up the salary scale
• locally recognised allowances such as London allowance.

You should allow for salary pay awards during Year 1. If the pay award is not yet known, applicants should use the International Monetary Fund inflation rate, selecting the ‘inflation, average consumer price’ option as an indicator.

From Year 2 onwards, you should use your organisation’s current pay rates. We’ll provide a separate inflation allowance for salary inflation costs.

Read about the responsibilities of grantholders and host organisations for people working on a Wellcome grant .

Visa and work permit costs Show

If you have named people on your grant whose salaries will be funded by Wellcome, you can ask for visa or work permit costs to help them take up their posts at the host organisation. You can also ask for:

• visa costs for the person's partner and dependent children
• essential associated costs, such as travel to attend appointments at a visa application centre or embassy, and essential English language tests
• Immigration Health Surcharge costs for the person, their partner and dependent children if they will be in the UK for six months or more.

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If you or a member of staff working on your grant is disabled or has a long-term health condition, you can ask for adjustment support to help you carry out your project.

Costs can include, but are not limited to:

• additional costs for staff to help with day-to-day activities related to your project
• assistive technology to help use computers, research equipment or materials – for example, text to audio software
• care costs for assistance animals if you need to travel.

We will not pay for capital or building costs, such as access ramps.

You can ask for these costs if your government and/or employer:

• does not cover any of the costs
• only covers some of the costs (if they do, we will only meet the shortfall).

The costs we provide must not replace the support you may get from the government or your organisation, who are responsible for providing these costs.

If you don't know what these costs are now, you can ask for them after we've awarded your grant .

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You can ask for costs to cover the following types of training.

Continuing professional development and professional skills training

You can ask for a contribution towards these costs.

Types of training can include:

• research leadership, professional and people management skills
• career development support
• responsible conduct of research
• diversity and inclusion
• promotion of a healthy research culture
• understanding and reducing the environmental impact of research.

We expect your host organisation to provide and fund this training. However, if these types of training are not available, or the quality is inadequate, you can ask for up to £500 a year for you and each member of staff employed on your grant who will be:

• in a post of 12 months duration or more only and
• working on Wellcome funded awards for at least 50% full time equivalent.

You will need to justify these costs in your application.

Research skills training

You can ask for costs to cover training for the technical and research skills you need to deliver your proposed research.

You can ask for whatever research skills training you need for you, and each member of staff employed on your grant, who will be:

• working on Wellcome funded awards for at least 50% full time equivalent.

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We will pay for the materials and consumables you need to carry out your project, including:

• laboratory chemicals and materials (for example reagents, isotopes, peptides, enzymes, antibodies, gases, proteins, cell/tissue/bacterial culture, plasticware and glassware)
• project-specific personal protective equipment (PPE) that is above the standard expected for the setting
• printing associated with fieldwork and empirical research
• associated charges for shipping, delivery and freight.

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You can ask for funds to buy animals if they are essential to your project. We will also fund the charge-out rates for animal house facilities if your organisation uses full economic costing methodology. These costs include:

• running costs (including animal maintenance, any experimental procedures, licences and relevant staff training)
• appropriate estates costs
• cage and equipment depreciation costs, but not building depreciation costs.

We may not pay the full charge-out rate for an animal house facility if we've provided significant funding towards the infrastructure and/or core support of the facility.

If your organisation does not use full economic costing methodology to establish charge-out rates for animal house facilities, you can ask for funds to cover:

• the cost of buying animals
• staff costs, for example, contributions towards the salaries of animal house technicians.

We will not provide estates or depreciation costs.

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Equipment purchase.

Your chosen research environment should have the necessary equipment for you to complete your work. You can ask for additional basic items of equipment that are essential to your research project.

Costs may include purchase, delivery, installation, maintenance and training, where necessary.

We will cover VAT and import duties if:

• the usual UK exemptions on equipment used for medical research don’t apply
• you’re applying from a non-UK organisation, and you can show these costs can’t be recovered.

You can also ask for specialised equipment if:

• it is essential to the success of the proposed research project
• it is not available at your host organisation or through collaboration, and
• you’ll be the main user and have priority access to the equipment.

If a complete piece of specialised equipment costs £100,000 or more, we expect a contribution of at least 25% of the total costs, including maintenance, from the host organisation or another source. In some cases, we may expect a larger contribution. We’ll discuss this with you after we’ve assessed your application. Contributions can include benefits in kind, such as refurbishment or the underwriting of a key support post. 

Multi-component items must not be broken down into component parts to avoid this contribution.

Equipment maintenance

We will cover maintenance costs for equipment if:

• you are requesting it in your application
• funded by us or another source
• essential to the proposed research project
• more than five years old
• cost effective to keep maintaining it.

We won’t cover maintenance costs for equipment if there is a mechanism in place to recoup these costs through access charges.

Computer equipment

We will cover the cost of one personal computer or laptop per person up to £1,500.

We won't pay for:

• more expensive items, unless you can justify them
• installation or training costs.

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You can ask for the cost of access to shared equipment, facilities or services if they’re essential to your project.

These may include materials and consumables, plus a proportion of:

• maintenance and service contracts
• staff time costs for dedicated technical staff employed to operate the equipment or facility.

We don’t cover the costs of:

• estates and utilities
• depreciation or insurance
• other staff, for example, contributions towards departmental technical, administrative and management staff time.

We do cover these costs if related to animal housing facilities.

If the facilities or equipment were paid for by a Wellcome grant, you can only ask for access charges if:

• the grant has ended
• any support for running costs and maintenance contracts has ended.

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You can ask for overheads if your grant will be based at a:

• university outside the UK or Republic of Ireland
• research organisation that does not receive core funding for overheads
• charitable or not-for-profit organisation
• small or medium-sized commercial organisation.

You can also ask for overheads on any part of your grant that is sub-contracted to any of the organisations listed above.

If you’re based at a UK university you can’t ask for overheads for sub-contracted activity if your university will include the sub-contracted funding in its annual report to the UK Charity Research Support Fund.

Overheads are not counted against your £400,000 limit for research expenses.

Overheads can include:

• estates, for example building and premises
• non-project dedicated administrative and support staff
• administration, for example finance, library, and room hire.

The total cost for overheads should not be more than:

• 20% of the direct research costs if you’re based in a low- or middle-income country
• 15% of the direct research costs if you’re based anywhere else.

These costs must directly support the activity funded by the grant.

How to apply for these costs

In your grant application you must:

• give a full breakdown of costs (you can't ask for a percentage of the research costs)
• explain why these costs are necessary for your research
• include a letter from the finance director of your host organisation, or the sub-contracted organisation, confirming that the breakdown is a true representation of the costs incurred.

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Research should be designed to minimise travel. You can ask for the cost of essential travel. The mode of transport should be low carbon, even if it is more expensive (for example travelling by train instead of flying). 

 We will not pay for business class flights. 

Conference attendance

You can ask for a contribution towards the costs of attending scientific and academic meetings and conferences, including registration fees. The limits are:

• Grantholder – £2,000 a year
• Research and technical staff on your grant – £1,000 each a year

We provide costs to cover caring responsibilities if you or any staff employed on your grant attend a conference. This includes childcare and any other caring responsibility you have. We will pay these if:

• Wellcome is providing the salary
• the conference is directly related to the research
• the caring costs are over and above what they'd normally pay for care
• the conference organiser and their employing organisation are unable to cover the costs.

You can ask for up to £1,000 per person for each conference.

Collaborative travel

You can ask for travel and subsistence costs for collaborative visits for you and any staff employed on your grant. You’ll need to justify each visit and its duration.

Other travel

We will pay for other essential visits, for example to facilities, for sample collection and for fieldwork. You can include subsistence costs. You’ll need to justify each visit and its duration.

Carbon offset costs

This applies to all types of travel costs Wellcome provides.

You can ask for: 

• the cost of a low carbon mode of transport, even if it is more expensive (for example travelling by train instead of flying)
• project-related resources or activities that provide an alternative to travel, such as video conferencing, communication and file-sharing software
• costs to offset the carbon emissions generated by the essential travel. If carbon offsetting for travel is not part of your organisational sustainability strategy, you can ask us for a similar level of support for other sustainability initiatives. Your organisation must get our approval before submitting an application.

We won't pay for the core infrastructure that your host organisation should provide, unless you're eligible to ask for these costs under our  overheads policy . Examples of these costs include:

• organisation-wide video conferencing packages
• high-speed broadband
• HD screens.

See our environmental sustainability policy  for what you and your organisation can do. 

Subsistence costs

If you’re away for up to one month you can ask for subsistence costs. These include accommodation, meals and incidentals (for example, refreshments or newspapers).

If your administering organisation has a subsistence policy, use their rates.

If your administering organisation doesn’t have a subsistence policy, please use the HMRC rates .

If you’re away for more than one month and up to 12 months , we will pay reasonable rental costs only, including aparthotels. You should discuss appropriate rates with your administering and host organisations, or Wellcome, as appropriate. We expect you to choose the most economical options, booked in advance where possible.

If you’re from a low- or middle- income country and will be working in a high-income country for more than one month and up to 12 months , you can also ask for up to £10 a day to cover extra costs, such as transport and incidentals.

If you’re away for more than 12 months , we will pay the costs of your housing. You should discuss your needs with your administering and host organisations.

The allowance we provide will be based on family and business need. We will set the maximum allowance we pay for each location. This will be based on current market data or, where data is unavailable, in consultation with your administering organisation, using equivalent market rates. Please contact us if you need help calculating the costs.

We will cover the direct expenses you have to pay to find and rent a home. We will not cover the cost of utilities or any refurbishment.

Overseas research

If you or any research staff employed on your grant will be doing research away from your home laboratory, we'll help with the additional costs of working on the project overseas. Please see the 'Overseas allowances' section for details.

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If you or any staff employed on your grant will be spending time in another country, we’ll help you with the additional costs of working on the project overseas.

Overseas allowances are not counted against your £400,000 limit for research expenses.

Our overseas allowances are:

• a contribution towards the personal cost of carrying out research overseas, to ensure that you are not disadvantaged
• provided on the assumption that you’ll be paying income tax, either in your home country, or the country you will be working in (your personal tax is your responsibility).
• provided on the understanding that you or your partner will not receive equivalent allowances from elsewhere
• determined by the amount of time you will spend away from your home country.

We expect the people we fund to choose travel that has a lower carbon impact, where practical, even if it’s more expensive (for example travelling by train instead of flying).

You can ask for costs to offset the carbon generated by the travel, as part of your overseas allowances.  If carbon offsetting for travel is not part of your organisational sustainability strategy, you can ask us for a similar level of support for other sustainability initiatives. Your organisation must get our approval for other sustainability initiatives to be included in applications.

See our carbon offset policy for travel for information on what you and your organisation need to do.

Partners and dependants travelling with you Show

If you will be away more than 12 months, we will provide overseas allowances for your partner and any dependants if they are travelling with you.

If you will be away for 12 months or less and can justify why your partner and dependants must travel with you, we may provide overseas allowances for them.

We define your partner as the person:

• you’re married to
• you’re not married to but with whom you’ve been in a relationship for at least a year
• you live with at the same permanent address and share some form of joint financial commitment with, such as a mortgage.

See a list of low- and middle-income countries , as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

You can ask for the following allowances. You need to provide estimated costs as accurately as possible.

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We will pay your travel costs at the beginning and end of your overseas work. Costs can be for air, ferry, train or coach fares.

All fares should be:

• in line with our carbon offset policy
• booked in advance where possible.

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If you are away for up to 12 months , you can ask for up to 80kg of additional baggage or unaccompanied airline freight for your outward and return journeys.

If you are away for more than 12 months , you can ask for the costs of shipping your personal items at the beginning and end of your overseas work.

We will pay the full cost of transporting:

• half a standard shipping container if you’re travelling alone
• a whole standard shipping container (20ft) if you’re travelling with a partner and/or dependants.

medical and travel insurance Show

We will pay the cost of your medical insurance and travel insurance.

If you will be working in a low- or middle-income country we will also cover the cost of emergency evacuation cover.

We won’t pay for medical insurance if you will be based in the UK or Republic of Ireland.

visas and vaccinations Show

We will pay the costs of visas, vaccinations and anti-malaria treatment.

housing security Show

You can ask for this if you’ll be based in a low- or middle-income country and it is necessary.

Costs can include guards, panic buttons and alarms. You should ask your employing organisation for advice on the level of security you need.

accommodation and subsistence Show

If you’re from a low- or middle- income country  and will be working in a high-income country for more than one month and up to 12 months , you can also ask for up to £10 a day to cover extra costs, such as transport and incidentals.

The allowance we provide will be based on family and business need. We will set the maximum allowance we pay for each location. This will be based on current market data or, where data is unavailable, in consultation with your administering organisation, using equivalent market rates. If you need help calculating the costs please contact us.

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If you’re away for more than 12 months we will pay:

Local nursery or school fees

You can ask for these costs if you are in a location where there isn’t free local education of the same standard as in your home country.

Costs include:

• local nursery school fees up to a maximum of 570 hours a year for 3 to 4 year olds
• local junior or secondary school fees, up to the end of secondary school education.

Local international school fees

You can ask for these costs if local schools do not provide the same standard of education as in your home country. We will only pay the published termly school fees.

We will not cover the costs of:

• extracurricular activities, including field trips
• other extras including, but not limited to, uniforms, sports kit and equipment, transport, meals, books and electronic equipment.

Boarding school fees

We will consider paying the cost of boarding school fees in your home country if:

• a local international school is not available
• both parents, guardians or the sole care giver live outside the home country.

The allowance covers:

• up to a maximum of £30,000 a year for each child for the published termly fees only
• the cost of return airfares at the start and end of each school term, in line with our carbon offset policy for travel .
• additional annual leave airfares

We will cover the cost of providing special needs education as far as possible. Please contact us to discuss your needs.

We would not usually expect to provide an education allowance if you will be working in a high-income country.

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If you will be away for more than 12 months , we’ll pay for you to travel back to your home country for annual leave. This is in addition to your outward and return travel costs and depends on how long you will be away:

• 12-24 months – 1 annual leave trip
• 25-36 months – 2 annual leave trips
• 37-48 months – 3 annual leave trips
• 49-60 months – 4 annual leave trips
• 61-72 months – 5 annual leave trips
• 73-84 months – 6 annual leave trips
• 85-96 months – 7 annual leave trips.

language lessons Show

If you will be away for more than 12 months , you can ask for up to 100 hours of lessons in the local language for you and/or your partner during the first 12 months of your visit.

We will cover 100% of the costs for local language school classes or up to 50% of the costs of individual tuition.

We will not cover the cost of examinations or personal learning materials such as DVDs and books.

fieldwork expenses Show

We cover fieldwork costs if they’re essential and you can justify them. Costs can include:

• survey and data collection, including communication and data collection services and any associated costs such as essential field materials, travel costs and language translation services
• the purchase, hire and running costs of vehicles dedicated to your project
• expenses for subjects and volunteers, including the recruitment of participants, their participatory fees and travel costs
• statistical analysis.

You can ask for other fieldwork costs that aren’t listed here, but you’ll need to justify them.

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How we calculate your inflation allowance.

We will add an inflation allowance to your award. Your inflation allowance is based on your total eligible costs and the duration of the award.

We will use an inflation allowance that reflects the inflation rate of the country where the host organisation is based using data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). You'll receive the following allowance if the costs in your application are in pounds sterling.

The costs in your application must be based on current known costs, excluding inflation.

You should allow for salary pay awards during Year 1. These should be based on pay awards already agreed; if you don’t know what the pay award is yet then use the IMF rate for the currency your award will be made in.

open access charges Show

If your organisation receives open access block grant funding , you can ask them to cover your open access article processing charges.

If you're at an organisation that does not receive block grant funding, we’ll supplement your grant when your paper has been accepted for publication.

You cannot ask for these charges in your grant application.

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If you need to carry out clinical research using NHS patients or facilities, we will cover some of the research costs.

Annex A of the guidelines for attributing the costs of health and social care research and development (AcoRD) sets out the costs we cover, and which costs should be funded through the Department of Health and Social Care in England, or its equivalent in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. If you're based in the Republic of Ireland, we would expect you to adhere to the spirit of these principles.

Read more information on our clinical trials policy .

If your proposal involves clinical research using NHS resources, check if you need to upload a SoECAT form with your full application.

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You can ask for costs that are essential to the project. These can include:

• materials, including printing and publishing
• other costs relating to engagement activities that are essential to carry out your research, such as collaborating with people with lived experience, patient involvement (including under-served groups) and community engagement
• dissemination of research results and findings arising from Wellcome funded research and workshops.

For more information, please refer to our guidance on  using an engaged research approach .

contract research organisations Show

We will provide funds if you need to outsource project work to:

• contract research organisations
• other fee-for-service providers.

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Allowed costs.

You may ask for the following costs (you will have to justify them in your application):

• specialist publications that are relevant to the research and not available in institutional libraries
• consultancy fees
• expenses for subjects and volunteers – includes recruitment of participants, their participatory fees and travel, as well as interviewee expenses
• reasonable research-associated costs related to the feedback of health-related findings but not any healthcare-associated costs
• costs associated with developing an outputs management plan
• questionnaires, recruitment material, newsletters etc for clinical, epidemiological and qualitative research studies
• recruitment, advertising and interviewee travel costs for staff to be employed on the grant
• purchase, hire and running costs of project-dedicated vehicles
• PhD fees for the grantholder (if required)
• computing, including recurrent costs dedicated to the project (for example, software licences).

Disallowed costs

We will not pay for:

• estates costs – such as building and premises costs, basic services and utilities*
• phone, postage, photocopying and stationery, unless you can justify these within a clinical or epidemiological study
• page charges and the cost of colour prints
• research, technical and administrative staff whose time is shared across several projects and isn’t supported by an audit record*
• PhD stipends
• cleaning, waste and other disposal costs*
• indirect costs – this includes general administration costs such as personnel, finance, library, room hire and some departmental services
• office furniture, such as chairs, desks and filing cabinets
• clothing, such as lab coats and shoes
• non-research related activities such as catering, room and venue hire for staff parties, team-building events and social activities
• indemnity insurance (insurance cover against claims made by subjects or patients associated with a research programme)
• ethics reviews, unless you are in a low- or middle-income country
• radiation protection costs
• contingency funds
• organisation insurance
• clinical examination or course fees
• working capital costs of commercial organisations.

*We will fund these costs in the case of animal-related research.

Global Talent visa

If you're awarded this grant, you are guaranteed an endorsement of a Global Talent visa application.

If your administering organisation is in the UK and you have team members who will spend at least 50% of their working time contributing to the award, they may be eligible to apply for a Global Talent visa through the endorsed funder route.

What we don't offer

See 'Other costs' for the costs we will and will not provide.

How to apply  

Where to apply.

Apply for this scheme on the Wellcome Funding platform. You will need to log in or create an account. You can save your application and return to it at any time.

Get some tips to help you write your grant application .

Information you need to provide

As well as answering the application questions, you will need to provide:

• a letter of support from your current supervisor
• a letter of support from the person overseeing your clinical training if you are intending to complete clinical training during the award
• a letter of support from the director of finance at your administering organisation if you are requesting overheads.

How long it takes to apply

You must leave enough time for:

• you to complete the application
• your organisation to review and submit the application.

Getting support with your application

We offer disability-related support for applicants. Read the disability-related support guidance if you:

• are disabled or have a long-term health condition and you need help applying for funding
• need to defer your application
• need help completing your project, for example costs for assistive technology.

Application process

Before you apply.

Make sure you read everything on this page. You do not need to contact us before you write and submit your application.

Submit your application to your administering organisation for approval

Complete your application form on  Wellcome Funding .

Submit it to the 'authorised approver' at your administering organisation for approval. Make sure you leave enough time for the approver to review and submit your application before the deadline. The approver may ask you to make changes to your application.

Administering organisation approves and submits it to Wellcome

Your application must be submitted by 17:00 (GMT/BST) on the deadline day. Check with your research office if the industrial action announced at UK universities will affect their approval of your application. We are unable to offer deadline extensions in relation to this action, so you should agree when you’ll need to submit your application for them to approve it by the deadline. 

Watch a recording of a webinar demonstrating the Wellcome Funding platform from Thursday 4 May 2023.

Shortlisting

We will check your eligibility for the scheme and that your application demonstrates how you will meet the aims of the scheme. If your application is ineligible or does not demonstrate how you will meet the aims of the scheme, we will withdraw your application and contact you to explain why.

One of the following Early-Career Advisory Groups will review your application, depending on your area of research:

• Molecular, Cellular and Physiological Sciences
• Brain and Behavioural Sciences
• Infection and Immunobiology
• Population and Public Health  
• Medical Humanities
• Social Sciences .

If shortlisted, we will invite you for interview.

The Early-Career Interview Committee will interview shortlisted candidates at the  Wellcome offices in London . Accessibility requirements will be accommodated. Those who cannot attend in person can participate remotely.

We will provide information on the structure of the interview, layout of the room, and interview committee membership.

You will be asked to give a presentation at the start of your interview. Shortly before the day of the interview, you will need to provide us with your presentation slides.

The focus of the interview will be on questions and answers. The committee will assess across a set of criteria rather than one specific aspect of the proposal.

Funding decision

Final funding decisions will be made by the Discovery Research Decision Board.

You will receive an email notification of the funding decision soon after the decision has been made. We will write to you after this with the reasons for the decision.

We may use positive action on this scheme. Read our guidance for more information.

Key dates  

You must submit your application by 17:00 (GMT/BST) on the deadline day. We don’t accept late applications.

• Upcoming round
• Closed round

October 2024 round

Opening soon

Applications open

Application deadline, february 2025 round, february 2024 round.

Closed to new applications

May 2024 round

More information about this scheme  .

Watch our  webinar for early-career researchers (1-hour) to hear about our goals for Discovery Research at Wellcome.

Contact us  

If you have a question about eligibility, what we offer or our funding remit, contact our funding information advisers:

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Phone us on (0)20 7611 5757

We do not answer questions on the scope or competitiveness of proposals.

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Graduate-entry medical students can also get support from Student Finance England for fees charged over £3,465.

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You can also use the Family Action grant search .

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We’re funding vital research to tackle diabetes distress

We’ve partnered with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR), to co-fund a new research project to spot, treat, and prevent type 1 diabetes distress.

We hope this important research will help more people with type 1 diabetes to get the emotional support they need to live more happily with the condition.

With nearly £3 million of funding Professor Jackie Sturt will develop and test a new programme to detect, manage, and combat diabetes distress. This research could transform the way we care for diabetes distress in the UK and make it a part of everyday diabetes care.

Diabetes distress is what some people feel when they’re overwhelmed by the relentlessness of diabetes. And this can make it even harder to manage the condition.  

There’s evidence that nearly half of all adults living with type 1 diabetes experience high levels of diabetes distress.

Our Diabetes Research Steering Groups (DRSGs) listened to people with diabetes, who told us better care for diabetes distress matters to them. And they heard from care and research experts that we don’t know enough about spotting diabetes distress or how best to support people with type 1 who are going through it.

There’s currently no effective treatment for diabetes distress available on the NHS.

Lisa Gough lives with type 1 diabetes and told us:

"Diabetes needs to be treated more holistically. It’s an all-consuming, never-ending condition. We are often treated as just our HbA1c's and not a person living with this unrelenting condition. Things need to change, as without good mental health you cannot manage your diabetes."

Collaboration to combat diabetes distress

Our DRSGs set about filling the diabetes distress research gap. We put a call out to scientists to come up with ideas for projects that look at how diabetes distress can be prevented, and how to identify it quicker and treat it better when it does happen.

To bring even more expertise and investment to the table, we teamed up with the NIHR to co-fund a multi-million pound new research programme, led by Professor Jackie Sturt at King’s College London.

Helping people with type 1 diabetes to D-stress

Prof Sturt and her team will combine the best of three existing treatments, developed and tested by researchers in the USA and Denmark, to detect, manage, and prevent type 1 diabetes distress.

They’ll consult with people with type 1 diabetes and healthcare professionals to pick and choose aspects from the existing treatments with the most potential, to form a new programme called D-stress. They’ll test it in a trial to find out if it can reduce diabetes distress, and improve blood sugar levels and quality of life.

Along the way, they’ll check in with participants and healthcare professionals, to make sure the programme’s fit for purpose, feasible to deliver, and cost-effective to scale up and roll out in the NHS.

Prof Sturt’s vital research could transform the way we care for type 1 diabetes distress, by creating a first-of-its-kind treatment in the UK to focus on the emotional aspects of living with diabetes . If the programme is shown to work, it could be rapidly adopted by the NHS.  

Making diabetes distress part of everyday diabetes care could mean more people have the support to cope with the relentlessness of type 1 diabetes, take care of themselves, and live happily.

Prof Sturt said:

"I am excited to be leading an impressive team of national and international experts in diabetes distress. Together we seek to develop a care pathway in the NHS to meet the everyday emotional and psychological needs of people living with type 1 diabetes. "Diabetes distress is currently a priority unmet need for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes and we will be working with diabetes health professionals who also strongly recognise this need."

Anna Morris, Assistant Director of Research Strategy and Partnerships at Diabetes UK said:

"We’re thrilled to be working with the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research scheme again, and this partnership will enable vital research into addressing type 1 diabetes distress. "This funding represents a significant step forward in the ambition to improve the lives of those affected by diabetes distress, a critical priority identified by our DRSGs, providing extra support that people living with type 1 diabetes deserve."

Professor Danny McAuley, Scientific Director for NIHR Programmes, said:

"We are delighted to be partnering with Diabetes UK to co-fund this important research. NIHR is funded by the public, and this investment in research on diabetes distress is not just about managing the condition, but about empowering people with type 1 diabetes to live happier lives. Preventing and treating diabetes distress will help provide better care for thousands of people living with type 1 diabetes in the UK."

Read more about Prof Sturt's project here .

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The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement signed in December 2020 allowed for the UK to participate in the EU’s current Framework Programme, Horizon Europe, as an associated country. Due to the subsequent political dispute over post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland, the signing of the association protocol was then delayed for several years, leading to a period of renegotiation between both sides. The revised association deal was finalised in September 2023 with the UK’s formal admission to Horizon Europe as an associated country beginning in January 2024. This gives UK based researchers access to the European Research Council (ERC), Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), grant funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC), as well as the right to participate in and lead consortia with EU and international partners. Beyond Horizon Europe, the deal also allows the UK access to the Copernicus Earth observation programme. The UK government is pursuing domestic alternatives to Euratom Research and Training.

Why is this important?

As a European science nation, the UK is part of a highly successful common endeavour that has brought significant advances to scientific knowledge and benefited people across Europe and the rest of the world. Maintaining a close partnership with the EU – the UK’s biggest and fastest growing scientific collaborator in terms of co-authorship – means that we continue to benefit from each other’s strengths. Explore our case studies on the value of applying for EU research funding .

What is Horizon Europe?

Horizon Europe is the EU’s ninth multiannual Framework Programme for research and innovation. It is the largest programme of its kind anywhere in the world, with a total budget of €95 billion. UK participation in its predecessor Horizon 2020 and earlier Framework Programmes was guaranteed by the UK’s membership of the EU.

What does it mean to be an associated country?

Association to Horizon Europe entitles UK participants to apply for grants and continue to form and lead consortia with international partners on equivalent terms to EU-based participants.

Is the European Research Council (ERC) part of Horizon Europe?

Yes. Association to Horizon Europe means that UK participants have full access to the European Research Council.

Which Horizon Europe schemes can the UK access as an associated country?

The UK can participate in all pillars of Horizon Europe with the exception of the European Innovation Council (EIC) equity fund. Schemes that UK participants will have access to include:

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• Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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• The thematic Clusters and non-nuclear elements of the Joint Research Council (including Article 187 and 185 partnerships/joint undertakings)
• Grants from the European Innovation Council (EIC) excluding the EIC Fund
• European Innovation Ecosystems
• European Institute of Technology and Innovation

What is the Horizon Europe guarantee scheme?

To cover the period when the UK was not associated to Horizon Europe, the UK government launched a guarantee scheme to fund successful UK-based applicants who were unable to sign grant agreements with the European Commission. The guarantee remains in place for 2021-2023 funding calls. For calls dated 2024 and subsequent years, funding for successful UK-based applicants will come via the Commission under the terms of association. Guidance on the guarantee scheme is available on UKRI.org.

Where can I find further information?

The European Commission has published a Q&A on the UK’s participation in Horizon Europe  and Copernicus, and has an online portal for funding opportunities . Detail on ERC call dates  is also available. Further information can be found at GOV.UK including an association explainer , EUROPA.eu, and UKRO.ac.uk.

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The Royal Society is working to ensure the best outcome for research and innovation following Brexit and support continuing relationships and build new ones across Europe and beyond. Read our Q&As on visas and immigration issues and regulations affecting science . Visit our Brexit and UK science page  for more information.

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£1.7 million for new network to improve lives of people at risk of dementia

8 July 2024

Funding of more than £1.7million will enable researchers at UCL to set up and lead a new national Dementia Network Plus.

The new network will be one of only four in the country and will aim to reduce dementia risk and improve people’s experience of living with dementia by supporting new projects and engaging with communities, with hubs in Wales, Scotland and England.

The Dementia Network Plus initiative is a strategic investment by the Economic Social Research Council (ESRC), the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and Alzheimer’s Society.

The new network, which UCL will co-lead alongside the University of Exeter, is called “Sustainable Prevention, Innovation and INvolvement NETwork (SPIINNET). It will combine research power from 14 universities with specialist organisations and bring together individuals living with dementia, carers and family members, researchers, and people working for charities, health and social care services and industries.

SPINNET will unite existing networks and umbrella organisations and deliver a programme that will use and make connections between the experience, knowledge and resources of people across the network.

Activities will include workshops where people can meet to design research projects together, training events, funding innovative ideas, meetings to raise awareness about dementia and prevention, and annual conferences to share learning.

Network co-lead Dr Georgina Charlesworth (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) said: “ I’m delighted to be co-leading the SPIINNET Dementia Network. I hope that our work over the next four years will make a meaningful contribution to brain health, especially for those in at-risk or under-represented communities. We look forward to our work with partners across academia, industry, health and social care and the voluntary and charitable sectors.”

Professor Chris Fox of the University of Exeter, who is co-leading the network, said: “We now have high-quality research which indicates that we could prevent up to 40% of dementia by taking meaningful action from midlife. This funding will enable our new Dementia Network Plus to action the latest research both to prevent dementia, and to work with people who have the condition to help them access early support and live the best lives possible.”

SPIINNET will create a mutually responsive ecosystem which can strengthen understanding, involvement, and innovation in dementia prevention research. It aims to develop the quality of experience, effective knowledge and resources of people with dementia, families, communities, the NHS and social care.

In addition to UCL and the University of Exeter, the other universities involved in the project are: Bangor, Cardiff Metropolitan, King’s College London, East Anglia, Northampton, Nottingham, Oxford, Plymouth, Southampton, Stirling, Strathclyde, Sunderland and Worcestershire.

Associate Director of Research and Innovation at Alzheimer's Society, Richard Oakley, said: “It is amazing to see such collaborative spirit driving research that tackles the biggest challenges for people affected by dementia.

“These Network Plus teams bring together academic, professional, and lived experience experts, to share knowledge and experience. They’ll work to develop innovative solutions across a range of important topics from care and diagnosis to inequalities within the workplace.

“We’re excited to see how these communities build and deliver much needed solutions to people affected by dementia”.

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PreActiv Raises £500K in Pre-Seed Funding

PreActiv , a London, UK-based provider of a prehabilitation platform, raised £500K in Pre-Seed funding.

The round was led by Exceptional Ventures, with participation from Bethnal Green Ventures alongside Angel Academe and a group of angel investors.

The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts.

Founded by Dr Rebecca Allam and Dr Alec Snow in 2020, PreActiv optimises patients by improving their cardiovascular fitness and strength, and provides nutrition, lifestyle and psychological support. The platform leverages technology to create individualised prehabilitation programs tailored to each patient’s needs.

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Are you planning to pursue a graduate degree in STEM? Are you a first-year STEM student? If so, you may be eligible for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which provides funding for 3 years of grad school!

The  NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Info Session  will introduce attendees to the NSF-GRFP program, application process, and application tips. The NSF-GRFP is a prestigious grant awarded annually to approximately 2,000 students pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, psychology, social science disciplines, and mathematics (STEM) and STEM education fields within NSF’s mission.

We will review the fellowship benefits (including an annual stipend of $37,000), application requirements, and timeline. 

All UK students and those visiting from other schools engaged in undergraduate research activities and creative works are eligible to attend the event, including mentors (PIs, graduate students, and postdocs) — regardless of funding source or formal program affiliation.

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