Application information
Here you can find general information about applying for a grant in the medical humanities. For more specific details, please refer to the individual grants.
General
- Grant Conditions
Details of the conditions under which our grants are awarded
- Eligibility
Find out if you and your organisation are eligible for Wellcome Trust funding
Committees
- Biomedical Ethics Funding Committee
Details of the committee that considers biomedical ethics applications
- Biomedical Ethics Interview Committee
Interviews candidates on the recommendation of the Biomedical Ethics Funding Committee.
- History of Medicine Funding Committee
Details of the committee that considers history of medicine applications
- History of Medicine Interview Committee
Interviews candidates on the recommendation of the History of Medicine Funding Committee.
- Research Resources in Medical History Funding Committee
Details of the committee that considers applications to preserve history of medicine collections
- Medical Humanities Strategy Committee
Monitors progress towards meeting the Trust's strategic aims and objectives and specific stream objectives, agreed annually with the Board of Governors; and advises and makes recommendation to the Board of Governors on strategy.
Policies
- All policies and positions
Our views and requirements for research practice and funding
- Policy on data management and sharing
The management and sharing of data that arises from the research the Trust funds
- Guidelines on good research practice
Information on standards for Wellcome Trust-funded researchers
- Position statement on research publishing and open access
How the Trust promotes open and unrestricted access to published research
- Policy on access to bioinformatics resources by Trust-funded researchers
Position on the use of Trust funds to access genome sequence data
- Policy on relationships between Trust-funded researchers and commercial organisations
Guidance for Trust-funded researchers serving as consultants to or directors of commercial organisations
- Wellcome Trust-funded intellectual property: Exploitation consent and standard revenue/equity-sharing agreement [Word 108KB]
Conditions for granting consent for the exploitation of Wellcome Trust-funded intellectual property
Cost
- Full economic costs
Policy on full economic costs in UK universities
- Application for research expenses/travel grant [Word 996KB]
The form to complete to apply for research or travel expenses
- Research expenses/travel grant notes for guidance [Word 122KB]
Information on applying for research or travel expenses
- Application for research expenses for history of medicine PhDs [Word 863KB]
The form for self-funded PhD students to apply for research expenses