Discretionary Awards: funding outside of Wellcome’s schemes and funding calls
If you have been invited to submit an application for a Discretionary Award, use the guidance on this page to help you complete your application.
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New independent review panel for clinical data sharing website appointed
In its role as secretariat for clinicalstudydatarequest.com, the Wellcome Trust has appointed a new independent review panel to evaluate requests from researchers who want to…
Contract opportunities
Find out about contract opportunities to support Wellcome's mission to improve human health – including an overview of each project, who can apply and how.
Dust as art: donors required
Artist Serena Korda is making an unusual request. She has asked the public to donate dust, collected from their houses, workplaces or other locations, to form an artwork that…
Transfer your grant to a new organisation
This form is for grantholders wanting to change the organisation that administers their grant.
Supplementary grant funding
Supplements are only provided in specific circumstances. Find out when we provide supplementary funding.
How to extend or postpone your grant end date
How to determine your grant end date and what to do if you need an extension or a postponement.
Media queries
Our media office deals with journalists’ enquiries about the Wellcome Trust and Wellcome Collection.
Policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders
Our policy for the recruitment of candidates with criminal records and how we use the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checking service.
Applying for an No-Derivatives (ND) Licence exception
Applying for an No-Derivatives (ND) Licence exception
Disability-related support for grantholders
If you or anyone employed on your grant is disabled or has a long-term health condition, we can offer different types of support during your grant.
Confidentiality of the application review process
How and why we keep the application review process confidential.
Flexible research careers
See our opportunities and support available for researchers re-entering a research career, taking time off, needing flexible or part-time working, or have caring…
Continuing professional development policy
How researchers and organisations we fund should carry out and encourage continuing professional development.
Clinical research using NHS resources
If you're applying for funding to do clinical research in the UK, you may need to complete a Schedule of Events Cost Attribution Tool (SoECAT). Find out who needs to complete…
Strengthening regulatory systems in low- and middle-income countries: Improving the sustainability of the vaccine innovation ecosystem in Africa
This report explores the challenges in regulating the development, production, safety monitoring and approval of vaccines for use across Africa.
Bullying, harassment, abuse and harm policy
What we expect from the people and organisations we fund, why we ask to be informed and what we do with this information, sanctions and handling allegations.
Environmental sustainability funding policy
Our expectations for organisations and researchers receiving Wellcome funding to follow sustainable research practices.
Public consultation launched on techniques to prevent transmission of mitochondrial diseases
The Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has today launched a public consultation to gather people’s views about the social and ethical impact of new techniques to…
Grant currency exchange policy
What currency you can ask for in your grant application and what happens if the exchange rate fluctuates.