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The fellowship, worth £30,000 , includes a curated journey into a world of scientific discovery. The award is designed to bring film and science closer together.

Award-winning screenwriter, playwright, actress and poet Michaela Coel (Chewing Gum) receives the 2017 Wellcome Screenwriting Fellowship, in partnership with BFI and Film4.…

BAFTA award-winning Rungano Nyoni was announced the 2018 Fellow for the Wellcome Screenwriting Fellowship, in partnership with BFI and Film4.

Project summaries of Wellcome grants awarded under the scheme ‘People Awards’. People Awards have been replaced by the Public Engagement Fund.

Researchers have identified a major genetic change that leads to malignant melanoma, a potentially lethal form of skin cancer that kills more than 1,600 people per year in…

Project summaries of Wellcome grants awarded under the scheme ‘International Engagement Awards’. International Engagement Awards have been replaced by the Public…

British multi award-winning screenwriter Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax, Scott & Bailey) has been awarded the 2016 Wellcome Screenwriting…

Epic Games and Wellcome are inviting games developers based in Europe to participate in a new $500,000 year-long development competition Developing Beyond.

Acclaimed writer Bill Bryson will chair an eminent panel of judges, the Wellcome Book Prize has announced today.

The Wellcome Trust announces Our Planet, Our Health: a new initiative to investigate the connections between environment and health.

Wellcome to the genomic age The International Human Genome Consortium today announces the successful completion of the Human Genome Project more than two years ahead of…

Acclaimed author, journalist and broadcaster, Baroness Joan Bakewell DBE, will chair an eminent panel of judges for the Wellcome Book Prize 2016, featuring leading figures…

A distinctive genetic 'signature' found in the blood of children with tuberculosis (TB) offers new hope for improved diagnosis of the disease.

Human evolution, the Black Death and life on Mars are some of the themes chosen by the semi-finalists selected for Developing Beyond, a $500,000 year-long development…

The shortlist for the Wellcome Book Prize 2015 has been announced by acclaimed author and chair of judges, Bill Bryson. Joined by Ken Arnold, Head of Public Programmes at…

Marion Coutts has been awarded the Wellcome Book Prize 2015 for 'The Iceberg', her memoir on art, work, death and language, published by Atlantic Books. The announcement was…

Film-maker Clio Barnard ('The Selfish Giant', 'The Arbor') has been awarded the inaugural Wellcome Trust and BFI Screenwriting Fellowship in association with Film4.

Games exploring life on Mars, plant breeding and the legacy of the Black Death have made it to the final of Developing Beyond, a $500,000 year-long development competition…

A virtual reality plant breeding game won $150,000 yesterday evening when judges led by Susan Calman chose Seed by All Seeing Eye to win Developing Beyond, a $500,000 year-…