Sounds of Sexology with special guest Dan Gillespie Sells
The Wellcome Trust and the Roundhouse present Sounds of Sexology, the final showcase of a nationwide Sexology Songwriting project, on Tuesday 17 February 2015.
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Research culture: putting change into action ourselves
What roles do individuals and funders play in creating research culture? We speak to Dan O’Connor and Megan Reitz about how different groups can sustain or…
Wellcome Trust appoints new Head of Medical Humanities
The Wellcome Trust has appointed a new Head of Medical Humanities. Dr Dan O'Connor joins from the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and will be working to enhance…
Wellcome Trust announces 2014 Engagement Fellows
The Wellcome Trust is pleased to announce three new Engagement Fellows for 2014. Alex Julyan, Brian Lobel and Dan Bird will be taking up their Fellowships in September, with…
Seed wins $500,000 Developing Beyond Video games final
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-…
I'm a Scientist, Get Me out of Here!
Science’s answer to the X Factor - ‘I’m a Scientist, Get Me out of Here’ - kicks off today, bigger and better than ever before, with 100 scientists and up to 8,000 students…
Global leaders urged to address ‘fragile progress’ on tackling superbugs
GLOBAL efforts to counter the threat of dangerous superbugs must move faster and with more focus, health leaders are warning.
Ebola vaccine shows promising results
Interim results from the Guinean phase III trial of the Ebola vaccine known as VSV-EBOV, co-funded by the Wellcome Trust, indicate that it is highly effective against the…
Wellcome launches £20,000 photography prize to showcase powerful stories about health
Wellcome Photography Prize, a new international photography prize celebrating compelling imagery that captures stories of health, medicine and science launches today.
New report sets out options for fostering transparent and competitive market for open access publishing
A new report published today identifies options through which funders can help ensure that the rapidly growing open access market delivers high-quality services and value for…
First research paper from Hubbub: Unemployment 'being rebranded as a psychological disorder'
Unemployment is being rebranded as a psychological disorder, with an increasing range of interventions being introduced to promote a 'positive' psychological outlook or leave…
Grant funding data for 2023/24
We publish a summary of our grant funding data every year to show how we spend our money.
Report outlines challenges and opportunities facing malaria research
Research aiming to improve the delivery of proven, cost-effective interventions to reduce the burden of malaria must go hand-in-hand with studies to understand the biology…
We’re launching targeted funding for researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK
Wellcome is launching £20 million in new funding. This is to support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to stay in research and advance their…
Sex by Numbers: Wellcome Collection launches a national Sexology Season
Wellcome Collection is launching 'Sex by Numbers' - an interactive infographic that playfully maps the nation’s sex lives, from who with to how often - to mark the start of…
Wellcome Photography Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Information about the shortlisted entries for the Wellcome Photography Prize 2019
Erin Lefevre wins the Wellcome Photography Prize 2019
A tender photograph, providing personal insight into living with autism, has been selected as the overall winner for the Wellcome Photography Prize 2019.
Is the world running out of freshwater?
As the climate crisis intensifies, it shrinks and contaminates the water we rely on. We need to act now to reduce the existing and emerging threat that this poses to our…
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Genomes of Richard III and his living descendant to be sequenced
The genomes of King Richard III and one of his direct living descendants are to be sequenced in a project funded by the Wellcome Trust, the Leverhulme Trust and Professor Sir…
Eight cutting-edge immunology projects we fund
29 April is World Immunology Day 2018. Divya Shah and Pete Gardner, from our Science team, highlight some of the researchers we fund who are exploring different aspects of…