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The Wellcome Trust has now committed more than £10 million as part of an emergency package of research funding to tackle the ongoing Ebola epidemic in West Africa. The news…
Wellcome responds to the announcement from the UK Government will rejoin Horizon Europe, the EU's scientific research scheme and world’s largest research collaboration…
The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, together with Wellcome, have announced approval for funding to upgrade the UK’s national synchrotron, Diamond Light…
Dr Jeremy Farrar, Director of Wellcome, reacts to the UK Government's 2021 Autumn Budget, in which it was announced that public investment in UK R&D will reach £20…
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