Our committee structure
The following committees have an advisory role or hold decision-making authority for the Wellcome Trust.
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Main committees | ||
Carries out the charitable objects of the Wellcome Trust as laid out in the Trust's constitution | ||
Audit Committee [PDF 120KB] |
For matters of internal control, compliance with financial reporting requirements and liaison with the internal and external auditors. | |
Nominations Committee [PDF 60KB] |
For identifying potential candidates to fill Board and Committee vacancies. | |
Remuneration Committee [PDF 52KB] |
For remuneration issues. | |
Makes funding decisions on Strategic Awards and other funding proposals or initiatives that fall outside of established review, decision-making or funding mechanisms and delegations | ||
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Subject-specific committees | ||
Science |
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Information on funding committees, interview committees and strategy committees. | ||
Medical Humanities |
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Responsible for interviewing Investigator Award candidates in Medical History and Humanities and Ethics and Society; has delegated authority to make funding decisions. | ||
Responsible for selecting Investigator Award candidates in Medical History and Humanities for interview by the Medical Humanities Selection Panel and for selecting Fellowship candidates for interview. | ||
Responsible for selecting Investigator Award candidates in Ethics & Society for interview by the Medical Humanities Selection Panel and for selecting Fellowship candidates for interview. | ||
Responsible for interviewing fellowship candidates on the recommendation of the Medical History and Humanities Expert Review Group; has delegated authority to make funding decisions. | ||
Responsible for interviewing fellowship candidates on the recommendation of the Ethics and Society Expert Review Group; has delegated authority to make funding decisions. | ||
Responsible for considering applications for cataloguing, conserving, preserving and digitising externally held archives pertaining to medical history; has delegated authority to make funding decisions. | ||
Public Engagement |
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Provides support for projects that engage the public with biomedical science through the arts. | |||
Offers support for ambitious and creative projects that engage people with developments in biomedical science on a regional or national scale. | |||
Technology Transfer |
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Makes funding decisions on all Strategic Translation Awards. It also advises the Trust on strategy in relation to technology transfer | |||
Makes decisions on Translation Award proposals and recommendations to the Technology Transfer Strategy Panel on all Strategic Translation Awards | |||
Makes funding decisions on all Seeding Drug Discovery Awards. | |||
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A conflicts of interest policy [PDF 114KB] clarifies the role of Governor members of Wellcome Trust committees.
Note: The membership of individual interview committees will be drawn from this list and additional external experts may be in attendance.