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Read summaries of the grants awarded under the Our Planet, Our Health programme.

The Wellcome Trust announces Our Planet, Our Health: a new initiative to investigate the connections between environment and health.

Two years ago this month we launched Our Planet, Our Health, an initiative to increase understanding of the complex links between the environment and human health.

The Crunch, a new Wellcome Trust initiative to get the nation talking about our food, our health and our planet, launched last night.

In an open letter, our Director Jeremy Farrar congratulates the new head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and sets out what Wellcome thinks the…

After almost a year as Director of Science, Jim Smith gives an update on our new approach to science funding: Improving health through the best research.

More about WT Grant Tracker, Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Library, Wellcome Images, Mosaic, Big Picture and our other websites.

We've launched our Innovator Awards. This new scheme is to help researchers develop healthcare innovations that will have a significant impact on improving human health.

Food homogeneity or the lack of diversity in the food we eat has a dangerous impact on climate change, food security and human health.

Our principles set out what we expect from each other, at every level of the organisation, every day.

The top 15 publishers, who between them publish around 85% of Wellcome-attributed research, have now all confirmed that they will provide services specified in our publisher…

Climate change is driven by and impacts the world’s food systems. But, changing how we produce our food – as well as what we eat – could help protect our planet and our…

Wellcome Trust Director Jeremy Farrar outlines our new strategic approach.

In this Q&A, our Director Jeremy Farrar speaks to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases about his career and the people who have influenced him.

The Crunch is putting the nation’s favourite breakfasts under the spotlight to get Britain thinking about the connections between our food, our health and our planet.

Climate change is making the world more susceptible to extreme weather events like flooding, which can impact human health 

A summary of our approach to Intellectual Property (IP). It provides advice on what you need to consider when you apply for funding, as well as during your grant, and when…

The way we fund research is changing to support our new strategy.  

From August 2016 there will not be any Engaging Science funding schemes open for new applications. We’re taking a pause in our current funding cycle to review the way we fund…

By driving different, creative and fresh ways of thinking, diversity – in an inclusive environment – will help us work better together.