Wellcome Trust and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Exchange Programme

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Purpose

The Wellcome Trust and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Exchange Programme promotes international collaborations among scientists funded by the Trust and HHMI.

The programme provides training and career opportunities for members of Trust-funded teams to work with eligible HHMI laboratories.

What's included

Funding is provided for between three to 12 months for a Trust-funded postdoctoral researcher to visit the laboratory of an HHMI investigator or group leader/fellow in the Janelia Farm Research Campus.

Costs will be provided for the postdoctoral researcher's return flight to the USA and subsistence (an allowance of £1500 for each month of the proposed visit).

Funding will be provided as a supplement to the award on which the postdoctoral researcher is supported and he/she should have salary support available on that award for the duration of the proposed exchange.

Eligibility

In partnership with a HHMI investigator - or a group leader or fellow at the Janelia Farm Research Campus - the Exchange Programme is open to the following Trust grantholders:

Senior Research Fellows in Basic Biomedical Science
Senior Research Fellows in Clinical Science
Principal Research Fellows
programme grantholders in a UK Wellcome Trust Centre
investigators at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

HMMI investigators and group leaders/fellows at the Janelia Farm Research Campus wishing to apply for an award should contact HHMI directly.

Application process

Trust-funded applicants should complete an application form [Word 235KB] and return a hard copy to the relevant funding stream (see Contacts).

Deadlines

Applications can be made at any time and decisions will normally be made within six weeks of receipt.

Contacts

Enquiries may be directed to the appropriate stream, or by telephone to the Grants Service Desk: +44 (0)20 7611 2020.

Immunology and Infectious Disease
E iid@wellcome.ac.uk

Populations and Public Health
E pph@wellcome.ac.uk

Neuroscience and Mental Health
E nmh@wellcome.ac.uk

Cellular, Developmental and Physiological Sciences
E cdps@wellcome.ac.uk

Genetic and Molecular Sciences
E gms@wellcome.ac.uk

See Contact us for our postal address.