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This is the decade we made one of the world’s deadliest diseases preventable and curable
The commitment to research during the last two Ebola outbreaks has changed the course of this disease. Jeremy Farrar reflects on what made this possible.
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Jeremy Farrar
Exciting new window display at the Wellcome Trust headquarters
A new window display at the Wellcome Trust probes the space between the possible and the impossible, where designers and scientists meet to explore the future.
Diversity, equity and inclusion strategy
We want to make sure that in everything Wellcome does, the broadest possible range of people contribute to, and benefit from, science's potential to change the world.
HIV clinical trial looks at potential benefits of treating recently infected people
A clinical trial is examining whether it is possible to limit damage to the immune system by treating people soon after they are infected with HIV with a short course of…
Ambitious project to map genomes of all life on British Isles funded by Wellcome
An unprecedented insight to the diverse range of species on the British Isles will be made possible by Wellcome funding to the Darwin Tree of Life Project.
Crowdsourcing neuroscience: new games added to The Great Brain Experiment
Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL have found that by using a mobile app, it is possible to gather, on a large scale, the type of information…
Mental Health Award: Finding the right treatment, for the right people, at the right time for anxiety and depression
Wellcome will fund researchers and teams who will validate markers to enable stratification in anxiety and/or depression as early as possible.
Lead applicant career stage:
- Leading a research programme
- Postdoctoral research
- Postgraduate training
- Returning to research
- Early-career researcher
- Mid-career researcher
- Established researcher
Administering organisation location:
- Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China and countries that are the target of international sanctions)
Funding duration:
Up to 5 years
Funding amount:
Up to £5 million
Strategic programme:
- Mental Health
- Mental health funding calls
Frequency:
One-off
Coapplicants:
Accepted
Equity Team
Works to make sure that in everything Wellcome does, the broadest possible range of people contribute to, and benefit from, science's potential to change the world.
Global scientific community commits to sharing data on Zika
Leading global health bodies including academic journals, NGOs, research funders and institutes, have committed to sharing data and results relevant to the current Zika…
What we do and don’t fund in mental health
Find out what we fund through our mental health programme and our principles of funding. See a list of mental health funding opportunities launching in the next couple of…
Episode 8: One scientist’s journey to respecting indigenous customs
Danish geneticist Professor Eske Willerslev and Shane Doyle, a member of the Crow Tribe in Montana, USA, join Alisha to discuss the possibilities and pitfalls of ancient DNA…
Karen Chadwick
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Landmark moment in the fight against Ebola: what have we learnt?
The licensing of the first Ebola vaccine is a great achievement for the global healthcare community. What made it possible, and what lessons can we use to prevent and control…
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Charlie Weller
Research funders outline steps to prevent re-identification of anonymised study participants
A group of research funders today outlined the steps they will take to reduce the risk of anonymised individual research subjects in the UK being re-identified from genomic,…
Royal Society and Wellcome Trust partnership to nurture future world leaders in biomedicine
Two of the world’s most influential scientific organisations today launched a joint scheme to identify and support future world leaders in biomedical research. Funded in…
Wellcome-Wolfson partnership makes £30 million investment in UK scientific infrastructure
Over £30 million is being invested into large-scale university infrastructure projects courtesy of the Wellcome-Wolfson Capital Awards initiative. The scheme is intended to…
Covid-19 treatments: latest on research
We called for collective global effort to fund, research, develop and bring effective Covid-19 treatments to people as soon as possible.
European research funders throw weight behind UK open access repository
Four European research funders have today added their support to the open access repository UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) by agreeing that the life sciences research outputs made…
Computer programs may be able to identify individuals most at risk of anxiety and mood disorders
Computer programs can be taught to differentiate between the brain scans of healthy adolescents and those most at risk of developing psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety…