Wellcome Trust Grants

Open Wellcome Trust grants

• Wellcome Discovery Awards

  Up to $5.0MDeadline: Sep 22, 2026open

  Wellcome Discovery Awards support established researchers or teams led by an established researcher who aim to make a major contribution to their rese...

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• 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...

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• Wellcome Early-Career Awards

  Up to $400Kopen

  This scheme funds early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. It covers salary plus up to £400,000 ...

  Research

• Mental Health Programme

  Deadline: Sep 1, 2026open

  Mental Health Programme is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. Dedicated funding stream for mental health research spanning biological, psychological, and so...

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• The Wellcome Prize for Mental Health Science with Nature

  Deadline: Sep 18, 2026open

  The Wellcome Prize for Mental Health Science with Nature is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. This global prize, in partnership with Nature, celebrates bre...

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• 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...

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• 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...

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• 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...

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• AI in the Clinic

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  AI in the Clinic is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. Funds research on the integration of multiple AI applications in clinical settings to optimise diagno...

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• 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...

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• 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...

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• 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...

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• 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...

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• 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...

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• 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 ...

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• 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...

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• Digital Evidence Synthesis Tools for Climate & Health

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  Digital Evidence Synthesis Tools for Climate & Health is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. This program focuses on developing and evaluating AI-driven evid...

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• Wellcome Trust Environmental sustainability funding policy

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  Wellcome Trust Environmental sustainability funding policy is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. Wellcome is committed to reducing the environmental impact ...

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• Mental Health Award: understanding how interventions for anxiety, depression, and psychosis work

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  Mental Health Award: understanding how interventions for anxiety, depression, and psychosis work is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. This call provides fu...

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• 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...

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Where Wellcome Trust grants go

Recent grant recipients are concentrated in these states. Funders sometimes fund outside their primary states for high-fit projects, so don't self-eliminate solely on geography — check each opportunity's stated eligibility.

What Wellcome Trust funds

Top program areas based on GrantMind's analysis of recent Wellcome Trust awards:

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.