Investigator Awards

These awards build on our strategic goal of supporting the brightest researchers with the best ideas, and extend our successful fellowships funding model to researchers in established academic posts (that is those who have permanent, open-ended or long-term rolling contracts of employment salaried by their university or research institution).

New Investigator Awards Support world-class researchers who are no more than five years from appointment to their first academic position, but who can already show that they have the ability to innovate and drive advances in their field of study. The Awards provide support that is flexible and at a level and length sufficient to enable exceptional researchers to address the most important questions about health and disease.

Senior Investigator Awards Support exceptional, world-class researchers, who hold an established academic position and have a compelling long-term vision for their research. The Awards provide support that is flexible and at a level and length sufficient to enable exceptional researchers to address the most important questions about health and disease.

The video below provides an overview of the Investigator Awards scheme, delivered by Sir Mark Walport at an induction session of the Expert Review Groups in November 2010.

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Running time: 15 min 12 s

Details of the first Investigator Award recipients (news: 2 June 2011)
Details of the second set of Investigator Award recipients (news: 20 October 2011)

Find out more about the application and award numbers and success rates for the first two rounds of the scheme.

For information about applying to the Trust, Grant Conditions, eligibility and deadlines, see Application information.

Current grantholders should see Managing a grant.