Chapter 1: Covid-19's uneven impact around the world
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Making the health impacts of climate change visible
In spite of what we know about the impacts of climate change on health, policymakers and decision-makers are still not taking action quickly and decisively enough. Here's why…
Ben Ryder
Discovery Research funding webinars for global researchers
Watch our recorded webinars to learn how Wellcome Discovery Research funding can support research and researchers based in low- and middle-income countries around the world.
Initiative brings biologists together to crack the secrets of human development
The Human Developmental Biology Initiative is a £10 million project to provide insights into how humans develop – from one cell to billions of cells making up our tissues and…
Andrew Chisholm- Sheny Chen
Siân Davey commissioned by Wellcome to capture stories of mental health
Wellcome has commissioned award-winning photographer Siân Davey to produce a new photography series on the theme of the Wellcome Photography Prize 2020 – mental health.
Value people as well as papers to improve research culture
As scientists, we try to make sure our research is rigorous so that we can avoid costly errors. We should take the same approach to tackle issues in research culture, says…
Christopher Jackson
Rethinking Interdisciplinarity in The Hub at Wellcome Collection: New open access publication from Palgrave Macmillan
Rethinking Interdisciplinarity across the Social Sciences and Neurosciences is a landmark open access publication from Palgrave Macmillan, co-authored by Felicity Callard (…
We need to invest in researchers in the long-term
Research culture could greatly improve if we addressed short-termism and job insecurity, says Professor Katrina Lythgoe.
Katrina Lythgoe
Lab leaders must create open and safe spaces to improve research culture
Ricardo Henriques, Group Leader at UCL, looks at how lab leaders can create open and safe spaces for people to discuss any issues in research culture.
Ricardo Henriques
More than 'just a technician': why we need to recognise everyone in the research team
Kelly Vere, Director of Technical Skills and Strategy at the University of Nottingham, explains how she's been working to build a better culture for technicians.
Kelly Vere
Mental Health Award: improving cognitive and functional outcomes in people experiencing, or at risk of, psychosis
This call supports interventions to improve cognitive and functional outcomes for people experiencing, or at risk of, psychosis – or to test new or existing markers of…
Lead applicant career stage:
- Leading a research programme
Administering organisation location:
- Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China)
Funding duration:
Up to 5 years for intervention development and evaluation. Up to 3 years for studies testing markers of cognitive functioning.
Funding amount:
Up to £3 million for applications developing interventions. Up to £1 million for studies testing markers of cognitive functioning.
Strategic programme:
Not aligned to our strategic programmes
Frequency:
N/A
Coapplicants:
N/A
Episode 4: Can a research study change a city?
Alisha talks to Professor John Wright about how one open-ended study of 40,000 people in the city of Bradford is changing lives and bonding communities around the world.
Episode 2: How is research helping the fight for equality?
Professor Susan Golombok joins Alisha on Wellcome's When Science Finds a Way podcast to discuss how her research into different family structures has changed laws and…
Episode 3: How can we work on a heating planet?
As the world gets hotter and hotter, so do we. Kathy Baughman McLeod joins Alisha to talk through the realities of what heat stress does to us, how workers across the globe…
Episode 1: What can we do to stop superbugs?
After years of antibiotics being abused and overused, we now face a silent pandemic where the treatments we rely on no longer work. Dr Anand Anandkumar joins Alisha on…
Climate Impacts Awards: Unlocking urgent climate action by making the health effects of climate change visible
The aim of this scheme is to make the impacts of climate change on physical and mental health visible to drive urgent climate policy action at scale.
Lead applicant career stage:
- Mid-career researcher
- Established researcher
Administering organisation location:
- Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China)
Funding duration:
Up to 3 years
Funding amount:
Up to £2.5 million
Strategic programme:
- Climate and Health
Frequency:
Annual
Coapplicants:
Accepted
Grants awarded: People Awards
Project summaries of Wellcome grants awarded under the scheme ‘People Awards’. People Awards have been replaced by the Public Engagement Fund.