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The Wellcome Trust and Research Councils UK are collaborating with the Royal Society, the British Academy and the Royal Academy of Engineering to pilot a streamlined…

Albert always knew the type of research he wanted to do. But to find the right research environment he had to move from industry to academia, and to a new country.

The Wellcome Trust has now committed more than £10 million as part of an emergency package of research funding to tackle the ongoing Ebola epidemic in West Africa. The news…

The Wellcome Trust and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) today announced the launch of a joint £30 million initiative to find biomedical…

As its Director, Sir Mark Walport, steps down, the Wellcome Trust has revealed that the total amount of charitable expenditure made by the Trust since the 1980s - when it…

Recent history proves that even the deadliest viruses – like Ebola and HIV – can be made treatable, if we concentrate our efforts on research, development and access. 

Leading science and engineering organisations today announce their ambition to help transform ideas and discoveries generated by researchers into practical solutions and…

A panel of high-profile judges shortlist and choose the winners of the Wellcome Photography Prize.

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Map of Human Genetic Variation Will Speed Search for Disease Genes

Research culture could greatly improve if we addressed short-termism and job insecurity, says Professor Katrina Lythgoe.

The International HapMap Consortium today published a comprehensive catalogue of human genetic variation, a landmark achievement that is already accelerating the search for…

Covid-19 is causing wider consequences for societies, national economies and global relations. Three experts share insights on how we can better respond to the pandemic.

Researchers may now search and browse the Wellcome Library’s Arabic manuscripts using groundbreaking functionalities in a new online resource that brings together rich…

The Wellcome Trust today announces the recipients of its inaugural stipends aimed at supporting UK entries to iGEM - the International Genetically Engineered Machine…

'Electricity', the Wellcome Trust’s first co-production feature film, is released in select cinemas nationally from 12 December, by Soda Pictures. Starring Agyness Deyn as a…

How can we speed up the search for better mental health treatments? GALENOS is an online resource that aims to do just that by building a more focused mental health field.…

Researchers at King's College London have been awarded £10 million from the Wellcome Trust and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to develop…

Wellcome joins a new collaboration of private and philanthropic partners, the AMR fund, in the search for new antibiotics to treat drug-resistant infections.