These are the costs we will pay if you hold a Wellcome grant.
This information is for grantholders based in UK and Irish universities. Different rules may apply if you're based anywhere else. If you are, contact us for advice.
If you are applying for a grant, you should read the 'What we offer' section on the relevant scheme webpage to see which costs you can ask for.
Wellcome funds must not be used to supplement support from other funding bodies.
Covers staff working full or part-time on your project, including:
Costs can include:
Covers visa and work permit costs for researchers whose salary is funded by your grant. Costs can include:
Covers charges from an external supplier to deliver a piece of work (for example, sequencing costs, antibody production, large-scale data storage or providing expert consultancy advice).
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You can’t claim for depreciation costs.
Covers use of research facilities at the host organisation if they’re essential to the project. Cost calculations may include:
Costs should not include:
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You can claim for page charges and the cost of colour prints if they were included in your award letter.
If your organisation receives open access block funding, you can ask them to cover your open access article processing charges.
If you're at an organisation that doesn't receive open access block funding, we'll supplement your grant when your paper has been accepted for publication.
Research-relevant publications that aren't available in institutional libraries.
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Covers costs that are essential to the project. This includes:
You can apply for Research Enrichment funding if you want to engage the public with your research in ways that are useful to your project and/or society.
Covers costs associated with delivering data management and sharing plans.
Covers the costs of drafting, filing and prosecuting applications for registered IP rights to the point of grant, to protect Wellcome-funded IP.
You can't claim costs for renewing, exploiting, or asserting IP against third parties.
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Covers costs of producing, displaying and presenting posters (for example at conferences).
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Covers costs for lead applicants, staff employed on the grant or others contributing to the research to:
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We won't pay for the core infrastructure that your host organisation should provide, unless you're eligible to claim these costs under our overheads policy. Examples of these costs include:
See our carbon offset policy for travel for information on what you and your organisation need to do.
You can also claim 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, provided:
You can claim up to £1,000 per person for each conference to cover caring costs.
Covers lead applicants, staff employed on your grant or others contributing to the research to work away from their host organisation for less than 12 months.
Costs can include:
See the relevant scheme webpage guidance for details.
Covers surveys, data collection and statistical analysis.
You can only claim these costs if:
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Only provided in specific circumstances, for example, as part of an International Recruitment Supplement award.
For lead applicants, staff employed on the grant or others contributing to the research to work away from their host organisation (and for accompanying partners and dependants).
See the relevant scheme webpage for details on the allowances you can claim for.
You can only claim these if the usual VAT exemptions for UK biomedical research don't apply.
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Staff costs for lead applicants, co-investigators, departmental administrative staff and other staff who are funded full-time by the employing organisation or Research England and its equivalents in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Read our overheads policy.
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Equipment insurance and disposal costs.
You can’t claim for this on individual research grants unless we've provided supplementary funding for this purpose. If your organisation receives open access block funding, you can ask it to cover these costs. If not, we’ll supplement your grant when your paper has been accepted for publication. If your grant has ended, we have an alternative method for paying these costs.
Publications and journals available in institutional libraries.
Insurance cover against claims made by subjects or patients associated with a research programme.
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Contact our information officers if you have a question about funding.