Wellcome Grants

Open Wellcome grants

• Mental Health Award: Leveraging longitudinal data to transform early intervention in mental health

  Deadline: Jul 14, 2026open

  Mental Health Award: Leveraging longitudinal data to transform early intervention in mental health is sponsored by Wellcome. Funds projects utilizing ...

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• Mental Health Award: Finding the right treatment, for the right people, at the right time for anxiety and depression

  Deadline: Jul 14, 2026open

  Mental Health Award: Finding the right treatment, for the right people, at the right time for anxiety and depression is sponsored by Wellcome. Aims to...

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• Mental Health Award: Leveraging longitudinal data to transform early intervention in mental health

  Deadline: Jul 14, 2026open

  Mental Health Award: Leveraging longitudinal data to transform early intervention in mental health is sponsored by Wellcome. Funds projects utilizing ...

  discover:mental healthfit_score:2

• Mental Health Award: Finding the right treatment, for the right people, at the right time for anxiety and depression

  Deadline: Jul 14, 2026open

  Mental Health Award: Finding the right treatment, for the right people, at the right time for anxiety and depression is sponsored by Wellcome. Aims to...

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• Mental Health Award: Understanding how anxiety- and trauma-related problems develop, persist and resolve

  Deadline: Jul 14, 2026open

  Mental Health Award: Understanding how anxiety- and trauma-related problems develop, persist and resolve is sponsored by Wellcome. Supports research i...

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• Wellcome Career Development Awards

  Deadline: Jul 28, 2026open

  Wellcome Career Development Awards is sponsored by Wellcome. Supports mid-career researchers to develop their own independent research programme in he...

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• Our Planet, Our Health Grants

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  Our Planet, Our Health Grants is sponsored by Wellcome. Supports research projects focusing on the relationship between environmental changes and huma...

• Discovery Research

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  Discovery Research is sponsored by Wellcome. Wellcome's Discovery Research schemes fund curiosity-driven research across multiple disciplines that lea...

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• GEN-IMPACT

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  GEN-IMPACT is sponsored by Wellcome. GEN-IMPACT is a pioneering Africa-led initiative designed to transform health through genomic discovery.

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• Biology of Fungal Adaptation

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  Biology of Fungal Adaptation is sponsored by Wellcome. Funds studies investigating the mechanisms and triggers for fungal adaptation, particularly in ...

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• Bioimaging Technology Development Awards

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  Bioimaging Technology Development Awards is sponsored by Wellcome. Funding for teams to create novel bioimaging tools at the cell-tissue scale, addres...

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• Generative AI for anxiety, depression and psychosis

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  Generative AI for anxiety, depression and psychosis is sponsored by Wellcome. Funding for fundamental research on using generative AI to improve the m...

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• Wellcome Early-Career Awards

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  Wellcome Early-Career Awards is sponsored by Wellcome. This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to ...

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• Leveraging the metabolic vulnerabilities of macrophages in pancreatic cancer

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  Leveraging the metabolic vulnerabilities of macrophages in pancreatic cancer is sponsored by Wellcome. Research focused on understanding macrophage me...

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• Data as a Foundation for AI Innovation and Global Discovery Research in the Life Sciences

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  Data as a Foundation for AI Innovation and Global Discovery Research in the Life Sciences is sponsored by Wellcome. Funding for projects that utilize ...

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• Mental Health Award: Using physical activity and circadian-based interventions to reduce anxiety and depression in young people

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  Mental Health Award: Using physical activity and circadian-based interventions to reduce anxiety and depression in young people is sponsored by Wellco...

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• Mental Health Award: applying neuroscience to understand symptoms in anxiety, depression and psychosis

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  Mental Health Award: applying neuroscience to understand symptoms in anxiety, depression and psychosis is a grant from Wellcome that funds ambitious, ...

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• Climate and Health Funders Coalition

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  Climate and Health Funders Coalition is sponsored by Wellcome. A coalition of over 35 philanthropies, including Wellcome, committed an initial $300 mi...

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• Mental Health Award: applying neuroscience to understand symptoms in anxiety, depression and psychosis

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  Mental Health Award: applying neuroscience to understand symptoms in anxiety, depression and psychosis is sponsored by Wellcome. Match reasons: Match...

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• Climate Impacts Awards

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  Climate Impacts Awards is sponsored by Wellcome. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

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How to apply for Wellcome grants

Most Wellcome applications require: an organizational profile with mission and programs, a project proposal aligned with the funder's stated priorities, a project budget, and supporting attachments (IRS determination letter, board list, recent financials). Many private and community foundations require a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) before a full proposal — see our guide below.