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To make the charity sector safe for everyone, we need to Speak Up

We know that in the charity sector it can be difficult for colleagues to challenge bad practice. That’s why we’ve developed Speak Up – a new initiative to help us build a…
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Schemes
Schemes

Biological vulnerability to extreme heat in maternal and child health 

Wellcome will fund teams of researchers investigating the biological vulnerability to extreme heat in maternal and child health.

Lead applicant career stage:

  • Leading a research programme

Administering organisation location:

N/A

Funding duration:

3 to 5 years

Funding amount:

Up to £2 million per award. In exceptional cases we may award above £2 million.

Strategic programme:

Not aligned to our strategic programmes

Frequency:

N/A

Coapplicants:

N/A
Schemes
Schemes

Heat adaptation: evaluating interventions to help manage the health effects of heat

The scheme will fund teams led by researchers from low- or middle-income countries (LMIC) to test interventions to manage heat-related health risks in real settings – not…

Lead applicant career stage:

  • Leading a research programme

Administering organisation location:

N/A

Funding duration:

Up to 5 years

Funding amount:

Between £500,000 and £2 million

Strategic programme:

Not aligned to our strategic programmes

Frequency:

N/A

Coapplicants:

N/A
Press release
Press release

Seeing Myself See

Hear the ‘sound of colour’ and the ‘music of your clothes’ played by an ensemble of ‘Seeing Instruments’ and watch a real, live experiment designed by children where…
Press release
Press release

I'm a Scientist, Get Me out of Here!

Science’s answer to the X Factor - ‘I’m a Scientist, Get Me out of Here’ - kicks off today, bigger and better than ever before, with 100 scientists and up to 8,000 students…
Press release
Press release

Wellcome Trust responds to Finch Report on open access

The Wellcome Trust today responds to ‘Accessibility, Sustainability, Excellence: How to expand access to research publications’, the report of the Working Group on Expanding…
Staff

Rebecca Womersley

Interim Chief Information Officer

Rebecca joined Wellcome in May 2025 as Interim Chief Information Officer.
Major initiatives
Major initiatives

The Wellcome Sanger Institute

The Wellcome Sanger Institute is a UK-based genomic research centre funded by Wellcome to improve human health and understand life on earth.
Jobs
Jobs

Summer internship programme

Our eight-week internships for undergraduates take place at the Wellcome offices in London every summer. They are designed to inspire, encourage and support a new generation…
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Julia Gillard

Chair

Julia Gillard is the 27th Prime Minister of Australia (2010-13) and Chair of Wellcome, a global charitable foundation which supports science to solve urgent health challenges…
Press release
Press release

Wellcome Trust announces 2009/10 annual results

2009/10 was another challenging year for economies and financial markets. Governments and central banks around the world were forced to continue intervening in markets in…