Wellcome Trust Grants

Open Wellcome Trust grants

• Wellcome Career Development Awards

  Up to $2.0Mopen

  Wellcome Career Development Awards is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers who have the potential to b...

  basic_researchsocial_sciencecareer developmentearly-careerresearch funding

• Early Career Awards

  Up to $400KDeadline: Jul 21, 2026open

  Early Career Awards is a grant from the Wellcome Trust that funds early-career researchers to develop their independent research capabilities in any a...

  biomedical_researchbasic_researchhealth_disparitiesearly careerbiomedical science

• Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Development Award

  Deadline: May 19, 2026open

  Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Development Award is sponsored by Wellcome Trust.

  infectious_diseaseclinical_researchglobal_healthinfectious diseaseclinical trials

• HDR UK-Turing Wellcome PhD Programme in Health Data Science

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  HDR UK-Turing Wellcome PhD Programme in Health Data Science is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. Provides in-depth training for future leaders in health da...

  health_disparitiesclinical_researchprecision_medicinebiomedical_researchdata_science

• Public Health and Tropical Medicine

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  Public Health and Tropical Medicine is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. Public Health and Tropical Medicine is a grant from Wellcome Trust that funds rese...

  global_healthpublic_healthbiomedical_researchtropical medicinepostgraduate training

• Climate and Health programme

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  Climate and Health programme is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. This program supports research that investigates how climate change affects human health ...

  climate_changepublic_healthenvironmental_educationhealth_disparitiesclimate change

• Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships

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  Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. Offers recently qualified postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to star...

  biomedical_researchclinical_researchprecision_medicinehealth_disparitiesmental_health

• Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs

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  Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs is a grant from Wellcome Trust that supports postdoctoral researchers pursuing early-career biomedical and health sci...

  higher_educationworkforce_developmentpostdoctoral fellowshipearly career researcheracademic research

• Wellcome Trust Discovery Award

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  Wellcome Trust Discovery Award is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. Wellcome Discovery Awards support established researchers pursuing ambitious, long-term...

  health_disparitiesinfectious_diseaseantimicrobial_resistanceglobal_healthlong-term research

• Wellcome Data Science Ideathon

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  Wellcome Data Science Ideathon is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. A competition that funds data scientists with innovative ideas that can help further We...

  data_scienceinfectious_diseasemental_healthclimate_changepublic_health

• Wellcome Trust Seed Awards in Humanities and Social Science

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  Wellcome Trust Seed Awards in Humanities and Social Science is a grant from the Wellcome Trust that funds researchers to develop compelling and innova...

  health_disparitiespublic_healthsocial_sciencemental_healthglobal_health

• Climate Impacts Awards

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  Climate Impacts Awards is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. Climate Impacts Awards is a grant from the Wellcome Trust that funds transdisciplinary research...

  climate_changepublic_healthenvironmental_educationsocial_scienceclimate impacts

• Wellcome Trust Investigator-Led Research Grants

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  Wellcome Trust Investigator-Led Research Grants is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. Supports investigator-led research, fellowships, and large consortia s...

  biomedical_researchglobal_healthclinical_researchinfectious_diseaseprecision_medicine

• FemTech Innovation: Care provision, knowledge production, and menstrual health in the UK and US

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  FemTech Innovation: Care provision, knowledge production, and menstrual health in the UK and US is a Wellcome Trust-funded research award supporting a...

  health_disparitiesfemtechmenstrual healthcare provisionknowledge production

• Speculative Fertilities: Finance, Pharma, and the Future of Reproduction

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  Speculative Fertilities: Finance, Pharma, and the Future of Reproduction is a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award that funds research examining th...

  health_disparitiessocial_sciencefertilityreproductive technologiesfinancialization

• Wellcome Trust AI & Health Safety Grant

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  Wellcome Trust AI & Health Safety Grant is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. Supports research on the safe and responsible application of AI in health and ...

  artificial_intelligenceai_healthcareprecision_medicinebiomedical_researchai_ethics_research

• Wellcome Trust Research Funding

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  Wellcome Trust Research Funding is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. Supports research worldwide across a broad range of disciplines to understand life, he...

  health_disparitiespublic_healthbiomedical_researchglobal_healthclinical_research

• Climate Impacts Awards: Unlocking urgent climate action by making the health effects of climate change visible

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  Climate Impacts Awards: Unlocking urgent climate action by making the health effects of climate change visible is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. This sc...

  climate_changepublic_healthmental_healthhealth_disparitiesenvironmental_justice

• Wellcome Trust: Collaborative Awards in Science

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  Wellcome Trust: Collaborative Awards in Science is a grant from the Wellcome Trust that funds ambitious biomedical research requiring collaborative te...

• Advancing Medical Artificial Intelligence with Foundation Models

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  Advancing Medical Artificial Intelligence with Foundation Models is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. Supports the development of versatile and efficient m...

  artificial_intelligenceai_healthcarebiomedical_researchclinical_researchprecision_medicine

What Wellcome Trust funds

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How to apply for Wellcome Trust grants

Most Wellcome Trust 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.