Fellowships and personal awards
Opportunities for support are available for scientists at all levels who are working on research projects relevant to the biomedical sciences. We also support developing country scientists working in public health or tropical medicine. Research projects can be based in the laboratory, the clinic or the field and may involve experimental or theoretical approaches. Where appropriate, applications are encouraged from candidates trained in disciplines outside the biomedical sciences who are applying their expertise to biomedical problems.
Support for postdoctoral researchers in basic biomedical science at each stage of their career.
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships
Provide support for the most promising newly qualified postdoctoral researchers.
Research Career Development Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Science
Provide an opportunity for postdoctoral scientists to become independent research scientists and to undertake research of high quality.
Senior Research Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Science
Provide support for exceptional individuals who can demonstrate their ability to carry out independent research.
Career Re-entry Fellowships
Provide postdoctoral scientists who have had a recent break of at least two years with the opportunity to return to high-quality research, with the potential for refresher or further training.
Support for clinicians at each stage of their careers. These schemes are open to individuals qualified in medicine, dentistry, veterinary science or clinical psychology wishing to conduct research in their field.
Research Training Fellowships
Provide support for medical, dental, veterinary or clinical psychology graduates who have little or no research training, but who wish to develop a long-term career in academic medicine.
Postdoctoral Training Fellowship for MB/PhD Graduates
Provides support for new qualified MB/PhD graduates to make an early start in developing their independent research careers.
Intermediate Clinical Fellowships
Provide support for outstanding medical, dental, veterinary or clinical psychology graduates to continue research interests at postdoctoral level and develop towards independence.
Senior Research Fellowships in Clinical Science
Provide support for clinical investigators to further develop their research potential and to establish themselves as leading investigators in clinical academic medicine.
Support researchers who want to learn new research skills, or take a sabbatical.
Flexible Travel Awards: Fellowships
Provide successful scientists with enhanced opportunities for mobility, collaboration and interdisciplinary research.
Flexible Travel Awards: Sabbaticals
Provide successful scientists with enhanced opportunities for mobility, collaboration and interdisciplinary research by undertaking a sabbatical.
International Senior Research Fellowships
Provide support for outstanding researchers, either medically qualified or science graduates, who wish to establish a research career in an academic institution within their chosen country.
Wellcome Trust-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Postdoctoral Fellowships
Offers opportunities for postdoctoral scientists to undertake research at the interfaces between biology/medicine and mathematics, engineering, computer, physical or chemical sciences, firstly at MIT and then at a UK institution.
Provide long-term support for researchers of international standing. The most prestigious of the Trust's personal awards.
Support for researchers in developing countries in public heath and tropical medicine at each stage of their career.
Master's Fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Provide support for postgraduate research and training relevant to health in developing countries.
Training Fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Provide support for researchers from developing countries who are at an early stage in their research careers, to gain research experience and training relevant to health in developing countries.
Intermediate Fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Provide support for high-calibre, mid-career researchers from developing countries, to establish an independent research programme in a developing country location.
Senior Fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Provide support for outstanding researchers from developing countries, to establish themselves as leading investigators at an academic institution in a developing country location.
Support to enable universities to attract or retain strategically important researchers, research analysts and technologists.
University Awards for Research Staff
Allow universities to attract or retain strategically important research staff.
University Awards for Research Technologists or Analysts
Allow universities to attract or retain strategically important research technologists or analysts.
Support for veterinary researchers at a range of career levels, including fellowships for PhD and postdoctoral research. While veterinary scientists can apply to either basic or clinical fellowship schemes depending on the nature of the clinical commitment, in addition, there is a suit of specific schemes available for their support.
Veterinary Research Entry Fellowships
Provide support for veterinary graduates who wish to undertake research leading to a Master's degree.
Integrated Training Fellowships for Veterinarians
Provide support for veterinary graduates who wish to develop a career in veterinary research by obtaining a PhD and clinical training.
Veterinary Postdoctoral Fellowships
Provide support for veterinary graduates who wish to continue their research interests at a postdoctoral level in a UK veterinary school.