Interview Panel (formerly known as the Selection Panel)
The Interview Panel is responsible for interviewing all Investigator Award and senior level fellowship candidates shortlisted by the Expert Review Groups and for making the final award recommendations.
The Panel, consisting of a co-Chair and core members from the list below, will conduct the interview. Additional experts from the Expert Review Groups and other specialists may be invited, as appropriate, to join the Interview Panel for each round.
The interview consists of a short presentation by the candidate, questions from the Panel, then a closed Panel discussion session.
Terms of Reference for the Interview Panel.
Meeting dates
- 3-5 December 2013
- 1-3 April 2014
Co-Chairs
Professor Nishi Chaturvedi
Imperial College London
Professor Tony Hunter
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA
Professor Deborah Smith
University of York
Core members
Professor Dario Alessi (from December 2013)
University of Dundee
Professor Wolfgang Baumeister (from December 2013)
Max Plank Institute of Biochemistry, Germany
Professor Aravinda Chakravarti
John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Professor George Davey Smith
University of Bristol
Professor Ray Dolan
University College London
Dr Christopher Dye
World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr Sean Eddy
HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus, USA
Professor Adrian Hayday (from 1 October 2013)
King’s College London
Professor Philip Ingham
NTU/Imperial College Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore
Professor Randall Johnson
University of Cambridge
Professor Myron Levine
Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland, USA
Professor Iain Mattaj
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Professor Michael Neuberger
University of Cambridge
Professor Anthony Pawson
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
Professor Elizabeth Robertson
University of Oxford
Professor Eric Rubin (from 1 October 2013)
Harvard School of Public Health
Professor Joshua Sanes
Harvard University, USA
Professor Erin Schuman
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany
Professor Jonathan Seckl
University of Edinburgh
Professor Gőran Tomson
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Professor Moshe Yaniv
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Staff member
Pamela Reid
Grants Management Department
Management of conflicts of interest
Interview Panel members are subject to the Wellcome Trust Policy on Conflicts of Interest, which sets out certain standards of conduct required by the Trust. These standards are expressed to ensure that each individual acting on behalf of the Trust is aware of the Trust’s expectations and behaves accordingly.
In addition to the Trust’s Policy on Conflicts of Interest, and to ensure that a fair and objective approach is taken to the assessment of all applications by the Interview Panel, the following key principle for managing Committee member restrictions applies:
- Interview Panel members may submit applications for Investigator Awards and senior level fellowships. However, when an Interview Panel member's application is to be considered by the Interview Panel that member will be excluded from attending all interviews in that particular round.