How we support research careers

We do this by offering a wide range of funding schemes, including our schemes that support careers in research. We offer funding at key career stages.

Undergraduate education

For undergraduates who are thinking of a research career.

Postgraduate training

For people who have, or are about to finish, an undergraduate degree, and want to go on to do a Master's or PhD.

Postdoctoral research

For researchers with a PhD or equivalent.

Leading a research programme

For researchers with a PhD or the equivalent, and significant postdoctoral research experience.

Most of our grantholders get funding from a range of sources during their career, not just from Wellcome.

We also:

promote research careers and good research practice by influencing and informing policy
work towards a more diverse and inclusive research culture, including encouraging research across disciplines
provide researchers with flexible career opportunities, for example when they’ve had a career break or want to work part time
help researchers become effective and fulfil their potential, for example through mentorship and fellowship meetings.

There are exciting career opportunities in research. Some of today's jobs – for example in health informatics, advanced brain imaging and computational biology – didn’t exist five years ago.

As careers in research continue to change, researchers will remain at the heart of our strategy.

Contact us

Contact our information officers if you have a question about funding.

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