Ben's story: clinician, scientist and entrepreneur
Ben has always had a strong sense of what he wants to do. But as a clinician, he had to find ways to balance research with medical training and clinical practice.
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Head of Early Career and Career Development Researchers
Winner of the first Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize announced
Al Smith has won the first ever Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize for ‘Halflife’, a coming-of-age love story centred on two brain-damaged teenagers on a road trip. The £20…
Making the health impacts of climate change visible
In spite of what we know about the impacts of climate change on health, policymakers and decision-makers are still not taking action quickly and decisively enough. Here's why…
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Ben Ryder
How can we better reward teamwork in research?
For a long time, academia has emphasised individual achievement over teamwork and collegiality. We want to change that.
Agenda: Reimagine Research Culture Festival
Agenda for our free online festival in March 2021, which brought together the research community to take action and help reimagine research. Activities included panel…
Leaving academia: there are still opportunities to make a difference in research
Leaving academia isn’t the same as leaving research – Danil Mikhailov shares his story.
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Danil Mikhailov
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-…
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…
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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Simge Eva Dogan
States of Mind: Tracing the Edges of Consciousness opens at Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection opens the second part of a year-long exploration into human consciousness on 4 February 2016. 'States of Mind: Tracing the Edges of Consciousness'…
From cells to societies – £73m for transformative research environments to break down barriers
Wellcome is announcing £73 million in funding for eight new Discovery Research Platforms to help overcome barriers holding back progress across fields of research.
Grants awarded: Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowships
Project summaries of Wellcome grants awarded under the scheme ‘Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowships’.
Research culture: where should change start?
Where does research culture originate and what tools do we have to change it? People from across the research community share their ideas for change.
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.
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- Rose George
Climate change is turning dehydration into a deadly epidemic
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- Jane Palmer
Leading psychiatrist calls for roll-out of lay counselling to tackle massive burden of harmful drinking and depression in India
Leading Indian psychiatrist Professor Vikram Patel has published two studies today in The Lancet1 that he argues provide strong evidence for the roll out of lay counselling…
Wellcome Trust and BFI launch screenwriting prize to inspire science in films
The Wellcome Trust today launches a major new annual screenwriting prize, in association with the BFI Film Fund. The Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize aims to encourage high…
PhD Training Fellowships for Clinicians (Closed)
Offering clinicians the opportunity to undertake a PhD within a structured and mentored training environment.
Lead applicant career stage:
- Postgraduate training
Administering organisation location:
- UK
- Republic of Ireland
Funding duration:
Usually 3 years
Funding amount:
Salary and research expenses covered
Strategic programme:
Not aligned to our strategic programmes
Frequency:
N/A
Coapplicants:
N/A