Biomedical science grants
Biomedical science grants offer a range of support. We fund at all career stages - from vacation scholarships for undergraduates to fellowships for established scientists and clinicians. We also provide a range of grants to support research projects.
Funding to cover the common costs of research, including staff salaries, equipment, materials and travel.
Programme grants
Provide funding for high-quality projects, in the basic and clinical sciences, which are relevant to human and animal health.
Project grants
Provide funding for high-quality projects, in the basic and clinical sciences, which are relevant to human and animal health.
Support for researchers to develop technologies, to establish or maintain biomedical resources, or to purchase equipment for multiple users.
Biomedical resources
Provide support for researchers wishing to establish or maintain biomedical resources (including databases and collections) for the benefit of the wider scientific community.
Equipment grants
For multi-user items of equipment, including equipment required to create a central resource for a number of disparate scientific programmes.
Technology development
Provides support for researchers wishing to develop technologies or to refine existing techniques.
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.
Basic biomedical fellowships
Support for postdoctoral researchers in basic biomedical science at each stage of their career.
Clinical fellowships
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.
Flexible travel awards
Support researchers who want to learn new research skills, or take a sabbatical.
Principal research fellowships
Provide long-term support for researchers of international standing. The most prestigious of the Trust's personal awards.
Public health and tropical medicine
Support for researchers in developing countries in public heath and tropical medicine at each stage of their career.
University awards
Support to enable universities to attract or retain strategically important researchers, research analysts and technologists.
Veterinary research
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 suite of specific schemes available for their support.
Schemes for postgraduate training Four year PhD programme PhD programme for clinicians.
Clinical PhD Programmes
Support the most promising medically qualified clinicians who wish to undertake rigorous research training.
Four-year PhD Studentship Programmes
Provide high-quality, well-funded, postgraduate research training over a four-year period.
Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Programmes
Four high-quality integrated research training programmes for clinicians in translational medicine and theraputics.
Joint Basic and Clinical PhD Programmes
Support the most promising basic or medically qualified clinicians who wish to undertake both rigorous basic and clinical science research training.
Wellcome Trust and NIH Four-year PhD Studentships
Provide support for collaborative PhD training between laboratories in the UK/RoI and the NIH in Bethesda.
Helping undergraduates gain hands-on experience of research during the summer vacation, and medical students to gain experience and training in biomedical research during their elective period.
Student Elective Prizes
Enables outstanding medical students to gain experience and training in biomedical research during their elective period.
iGEM Student Stipends
The Wellcome Trust wishes to offer a number of student stipends to support the participation of UK teams in the Internationally Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition.
Biomedical Vacation Scholarships
Provides promising undergraduates with hands-on experience of research for up to eight weeks during the summer vacation.
Support for veterinary researchers at a range of career levels, including fellowships for PhD and postdoctoral research.
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.
Veterinary Research Entry Fellowships
Provide support for veterinary graduates who wish to undertake research leading to a Masters degree.
New Wellcome Trust Four-year PhD programme
Supporting new, innovative PhD studentship programmes training biomedical scientists.
African Institutions Initiative
Initiative builds a critical mass of sustainable local research capacity across Africa, through strengthening African universities and research institutions.
Enhancing capacity to apply research evidence in policy making
Strengthening the capacity of policymakers to use health research evidence in policy making.
Genome-wide association studies in disease
Genotyping of DNA samples from existing disease collections or cohorts.
Insect Pollinators Initiative
Supports research aimed at understanding the interactions between the biological, social and environmental factors affecting the viability of managed and wild insect pollinators.
Strategic Awards in Biomedical Science
Strategic Awards provide flexible forms of support to facilitate research and/or training that is not possible under existing schemes. The aim is to add value to excellent research groups.
Value in People Awards
Help universities in the recruitment, career progression and retention of key academic and research staff.
Wellcome-Beit Prize Fellowships
Provide additional recognition for four outstanding researchers who have been awarded other Wellcome Trust fellowship funding.
Wellcome Trust and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Exchange Programme
Promotes international collaborations among scientists funded by the Trust and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.