Two-pronged immune response offers hope for effective Salmonella vaccine
Research from Malawi, Birmingham and Liverpool has renewed hope that an effective vaccine could be developed against nontyphoidal strains of Salmonella.
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Toolkit: improving trust in science and healthcare in Africa
The Wellcome Global Monitor 2018: Africa toolkit shows how people in Africa think and feel about science and healthcare.
Funding for late-stage development of a tuberculosis vaccine candidate that could be the first in 100 years if proven effective
Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announce funding to advance a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate through a Phase III clinical trial.
Can bioimaging build capacity in fungi research?
Fungal infections are an increasing threat and we need researchers around the world to work on these problems. But fungal research is very challenging in resource-limited…
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Dr Elizabeth Ballou
Strep A bacteria kill half a million a year. Why don’t we have a vaccine?
Strep A is among the deadliest pathogens in the world – yet we’ve never prioritised making a vaccine. Emily Sohn uncovers the cost of ignoring this problem, and meets those…
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Emily Sohn
Strengthening health and disease modelling for public health decision making in Africa
Wellcome and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are providing grant funding to strengthen health and disease modeling for public health decision making in Africa
Lead applicant career stage:
- Early-career researcher
- Established researcher
- Leading a research programme
- Mid-career researcher
- Postdoctoral research
- Returning to research
Administering organisation location:
- Africa
Funding duration:
3-5 years
Funding amount:
Up to £3 million
Strategic programme:
- Infectious Disease
Frequency:
One-off
Coapplicants:
Not accepted
Discretionary Awards: funding outside of Wellcome’s schemes and funding calls
If you have been invited to submit an application for a Discretionary Award, use the guidance on this page to help you complete your application.
Bioimaging Technology Development Awards
We're funding the development of new advanced bioimaging tools and technologies. Researchers who use bioimaging and technology developers will work together to create the…
Lead applicant career stage:
- Leading a research programme
Administering organisation location:
- UK
- Republic of Ireland
- Low- or middle-income countries (apart from India and mainland China)
Funding duration:
Up to 8 years, spanning two phases: a foundation phase for the first 18 months, followed by a scale-up phase up to a maximum of 6.5 additional years.
Funding amount:
Foundation phase: up to £500k; Scale-up phase: you should ask for the resources you need for your programme – see the 'What we offer' section on this page. You will need to justify this in your application.
Strategic programme:
- Discovery Research
Frequency:
One-off
Coapplicants:
Accepted
Seeking predictors of vaccine efficacy: identifying correlates of protection to support vaccine development
Grant funding opportunity for research teams from not-for-profit or commercial organisations to establish or validate correlates of protection to support vaccine development…
Lead applicant career stage:
- Early-career researcher
- Mid-career researcher
- Established researcher
- Leading a research programme
- Postdoctoral research
Administering organisation location:
- Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China)
Funding duration:
Up to 3 years
Funding amount:
Up to £5 million
Strategic programme:
- Infectious Disease
Frequency:
One-off
Coapplicants:
Accepted
Molecular Mechanisms Discovery Advisory Group
This advisory group shortlists candidates for Wellcome Career Development Awards and Wellcome Discovery Awards.
Genetics and Genomics Discovery Advisory Group
This advisory group shortlists candidates for Wellcome Career Development Awards and Wellcome Discovery Awards.
Infectious Disease Award: Understanding dengue and Zika spread, immunity and clinical outcomes
This funding call will support multidisciplinary teams to generate evidence on where dengue and Zika viruses co-circulate and investigate the implications this has on host…
Lead applicant career stage:
- Mid-career researcher
- Established researcher
Administering organisation location:
- Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China)
Funding duration:
Between 3 to 5 years
Funding amount:
Up to £5 million per award
Strategic programme:
- Infectious Disease
Frequency:
One-off
Coapplicants:
Accepted
Immune System in Health and Disease Discovery Advisory Group
This advisory group shortlists candidates for Wellcome Career Development Awards and Wellcome Discovery Awards.
Brain and Behavioural Sciences Early-Career Advisory Group
This advisory group shortlists candidates for Wellcome Early-Career Awards.
Brain and Behavioural Sciences Discovery Advisory Group
This advisory group shortlists candidates for Wellcome Career Development Awards and Wellcome Discovery Awards.
Mental Health Award: Understanding how anxiety- and trauma-related problems develop, persist and resolve
Wellcome will fund researchers to investigate the causal mechanisms through which brain, body and environment interact over time in the development, persistence and…
Lead applicant career stage:
- Early-career researcher
- Mid-career researcher
- Established researcher
- Leading a research programme
- Postdoctoral research
Administering organisation location:
- Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China)
Funding duration:
Up to 5 years
Funding amount:
Up to £4 million
Strategic programme:
- Mental Health
Frequency:
One-off
Coapplicants:
Accepted
Heat adaptation: evaluating interventions to help manage the health effects of heat
The scheme will fund teams led by researchers from low- or middle-income countries (LMIC) to test interventions to manage heat-related health risks in real settings – not…
Lead applicant career stage:
- Leading a research programme
Administering organisation location:
N/A
Funding duration:
Up to 5 years
Funding amount:
Between £500,000 and £2 million
Strategic programme:
Not aligned to our strategic programmes
Frequency:
N/A
Coapplicants:
N/A
Cell Biology, Development and Physiology Discovery Advisory Group
This advisory group shortlists candidates for Wellcome Career Development Awards and Wellcome Discovery Awards.
Biological vulnerability to extreme heat in maternal and child health
Wellcome will fund teams of researchers investigating the biological vulnerability to extreme heat in maternal and child health.
Lead applicant career stage:
- Leading a research programme
Administering organisation location:
N/A
Funding duration:
3 to 5 years
Funding amount:
Up to £2 million per award. In exceptional cases we may award above £2 million.
Strategic programme:
Not aligned to our strategic programmes
Frequency:
N/A
Coapplicants:
N/A
Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Development Award
This funding call seeks to support the formation of transdisciplinary teams led from Africa, South Asia or South-East Asia to develop an innovative idea for a future proposal…
Lead applicant career stage:
- Mid-career researcher
- Established researcher
Administering organisation location:
- Low- or middle-income country in Africa, South Asia or South-East Asia (apart from mainland China)
Funding duration:
Up to 24 months
Funding amount:
Up to £200,000 per award
Strategic programme:
- Infectious Disease
Frequency:
One-off
Coapplicants:
Required