Biomedical science

This report outlines key themes identified at a public health workshop held at the Wellcome Trust in March 2011 to discuss the Department of Health White Paper: 'Healthy Lives, Healthy People'.

The career tracker survey enables us to evaluate and track the career destinations of key cohorts of Wellcome-funded researchers over time.

This summary gives findings from the second wave of the Wellcome Trust Career Tracker.

This Frontiers Meeting report outlines some of the key issues surrounding drug discovery and bringing drugs to market.

Sessions at the meeting in June 2010 focused on differing perspectives in the precompetitive space, the role of intellectual property, lessons from the not-for-profit sector and public-private partnerships, and the barriers to cross-sector working.

As part of our efforts to strengthen our evaluation activity, we have developed a prospective approach to career tracking. In 2009 we launched the Wellcome Trust Career Tracker - an online survey tool that enables us to track the career destinations of key cohorts of Wellcome-funded researchers over time.

This summary gives findings from the first wave of the Wellcome Trust Career Tracker.

This report - contained in two volumes - includes qualitative and quantitative data from across the Trust, describing outputs and achievements associated with Trust activities, and presents a series of research profiles.

This reports the proceedings of a conference organised to promote the translation of the outputs from research on population genetics into direct health benefits for European citizens. 26/06/06

This report provides evidence that an author-pays model offers a viable alternative to subscription journals. 01/04/04

The Public Health Genetics Unit, commissioned by the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Health, ran a series of workshops and meetings that led to the publication of 'Addressing Genetics, Delivering Health'.  01/09/03 

The problems faced by the UK's academic research community (such as insufficient rewards, lack of career structure and poor people management) have been well documented. The Wellcome Trust attaches considerable importance on the careers of the individuals it supports and has taken a number of steps to combat these problems. 20/09/01

In conjunction with the London Regional Office of the NHS Executive, the Wellcome Trust has mapped the current state of research in the National Health Service. 01/04/01

Supporting the training of the research population through PhD awards is a key feature of the Trust's funding programme, but how effective is this training? 01/03/00

The purpose of this study was to explore the experience and expectations of current Wellcome Trust-funded PhD students receiving training on either the new four-year PhD training programmes or via the more traditional three-year studentships. 01/03/00

All members of a cohort of Wellcome Trust-funded PhD students who received Prize Studentships between 1988 and 1990, allocated through a quota system to selected UK universities, were traced in spring 1999, and provided information on completion of their PhD and on their research careers since graduation. 01/03/00

Neuroscience is one of the fastest growing areas of biomedical research. In this report, prepared by the Wellcome Trust Policy Unit, the UK's neuroscience research activity in a worldwide context is assessed. 01/03/99

In the UK, research has found no evidence for direct gender discrimination in assessment of grant applications, but has revealed that women tended to apply for fewer grants than men. 01/01/99

How strong is UK science? Though often asked, the question is difficult to answer, particularly in a rigorous, quantitative manner. 01/06/98

The Wellcome Trust has examined whether there is inadvertent sex discrimination in its grant-giving practices. 01/12/97

Report of the Committee of Enquiry into Veterinary Research