Spending review - science commitments must be met says Wellcome
Many government strategies depend on R&D spending, making it crucial that commitments in this area are met in the spending review, Wellcome said today in its submission…
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Wellcome responds to Met Office report warning of rising temperatures in UK
Alan Dangour, Director of Climate and Health at Wellcome, responds to Met Office report warning of 45 degree heat in UK and month long heatwaves
New award celebrates medicine in literature
Launch of a £25,000 annual award, created by the Wellcome Trust, bringing together the traditionally diverse fields of medicine and literature.
Covid-19-Impfstoffe: Die wichtigsten Infos
Fragen und Themen rund um die COVID-19-Impfstoffe, einfach erklärt: Wie funktionieren die Impfstoffe? Warum …
Over £14m funding awarded to link climate and health data in a global digital platform
The world’s largest health information management system has been awarded funding to integrate climate and health data to help predict health impacts of climate change.
Counterfeit and substandard antimalaria drugs threaten crisis in Africa, experts warn
Hopes of at last controlling malaria in Africa could be dashed by the emergence of poor-quality and fraudulent antimalarial medicines, warn experts writing in ‘Malaria…
Low- and middle-income countries
Some of our funding is open to applicants based in low- or middle-income countries. Review a list of countries with low-income or middle-income economies, compiled by the…
Pandemic flu containment measures bought valuable time, Vietnam study suggests
Containment measures introduced in Vietnam to prevent the spread of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza did not succeed in halting the virus, but may have bought health services…
Wellcome Collection explores Art in Global Health
A ground-breaking new project from Wellcome Collection, Art in Global Health, is bringing artists and scientists together in six Wellcome Trust-funded research programmes…
Wellcome Trust to provide financial support for science journalism students
The Wellcome Trust is to offer financial support for two students per year for three years to undertake a postgraduate qualification in science journalism at City University…
£23mn for global research to protect human health from climate change
Wellcome announce funding for 11 transdisciplinary teams across 17 countries to investigate the health impacts of climate change
Wellcome reaction to the Chancellor’s Budget and Spending Review
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…
Episode 13: What does the future hold for global health?
Join Julia Gillard, Chair of Wellcome, as she brings together three experts from the podcast series to reflect on the main themes that have emerged and ask what challenges…
Sir David Weatherall, 1933-2018
A doctor and scientist of great compassion and intellect, Sir David Weatherall died on 8 December 2018. He was a member of Wellcome’s Board throughout the 1990s, helping to…
Our trans inclusion policy is the latest step in making Wellcome more inclusive
Developed in collaboration with our LGBTQ+ network at Wellcome, we're launching a new trans inclusion policy for our staff.
Wellcome Trust responds to Finch Report on open access
The Wellcome Trust today responds to ‘Accessibility, Sustainability, Excellence: How to expand access to research publications’, the report of the Working Group on Expanding…
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…
Bacterial shoot ‘em up wins out in Gamify Your PhD project
After a two-day games hack in which scientists and games developers came together to create video games from doctoral research, a bacterial shoot-em-up game, ‘Dysbiosis’, has…
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,…
Fake antimalarial drugs analysis highlights threat to global health
A unique collaboration between scientists, public health workers and police has led to the arrest by the Chinese authorities of alleged traders of fake antimalarial drugs in…