Our sector must come together to improve research culture
The UK government’s new Research and Development People and Culture Strategy is a big step towards making research culture more open, inclusive and honest. Here’s why it’s…
Dan O’Connor
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Wellcome Collection releases magical app for Londoners
Wellcome Collection is offering Londoners the chance to experience an enchanted version of their city with the release of a new free iPhone app, Magic in Modern London. With…
Open access and Plan S: how Wellcome is tackling four key concerns
There has been lots of reaction to the changes we’re making to Wellcome’s open access policy. This is how we are addressing them.
Robert Kiley
David Carr
Grant funding data 2019 to 2020
Grant funding data 2019 to 2020.
Wellcome Trust to launch £200 million investment business for healthcare and life sciences
The Board of Governors of the Wellcome Trust has approved the creation of a new business that will invest in emerging businesses and technologies in the healthcare and life…
Publishing in hybrid, open access journals
Wellcome's response to some journals discouraging researchers from making Author Accepted Manuscripts open access.
NCT archive preserved by the Wellcome Library documents 60 years of maternity care and childbirth
The archive of NCT (National Childbirth Trust) documenting 60 years of the organisation's history, has been catalogued by the Wellcome Library and is available to access for…
Focus groups: how we can provide the most effective support to Black-led grassroots organisations
Help Wellcome understand how we can provide the most effective support to Black-led grassroots organisations already working hard to aid the careers of Black researchers.…
CARB-X announces funding for global scientists racing to discover new antibiotics
Scientists developing promising new antibiotics in India, Ireland, France, Switzerland, the USA and UK are to share up to US$17.6m to speed treatments for the world’s…
Wellcome releases annual results for 2022/23
Wellcome’s annual charitable spend in 2022/23 rises to £1.7bn supporting science to improve health and save lives globally
Wellcome updates open access policy to align with cOAlition S
Following a large consultation, we have updated our open access (OA) policy so it now aligns with Plan S. The changes will apply from 1 January 2021.
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
Frequency:
One-off
Coapplicants:
Accepted
How climate change affects vector-borne diseases
As climate change alters temperatures and weather patterns around the world, the risk of vector-borne diseases like dengue fever and Zika virus will increase. Here’s what…
Guidance for research organisations on how to implement responsible and fair approaches for research assessment
Guidance for Wellcome-funded organisations on research assessment approaches.
Grants awarded: Strategic Translation Award
Project summaries of Wellcome grants awarded under the scheme ‘Strategic Translation Award’.
What are drug-resistant infections?
What are drug-resistant infections, who is affected and what we can do to prevent their rise and spread?
Directly held public equity holdings
Wellcome's directly held public equity holdings at 30 September 2022.
Chapter 1: Introduction
This is chapter 1 of the Wellcome Global Monitor 2018.
Why we still haven’t stopped cholera
Why have attempts to get it under control failed? Rose George reports on an outbreak that went on far longer than anyone expected.
- Rose George