Wellcome to India
10 September 2008
Operated as an independent, public charitable trust based in New Delhi, the new alliance will deliver a programme of research fellowship schemes aimed at supporting current and future leaders of Indian biomedical science.
Both partners have committed £40 million over the next five years to the venture, through which three new fellowship schemes - at the early, intermediate and senior stages - will be administered. The early and intermediate awards will be launched in late 2008, the senior in spring 2009.
Jimmy Whitworth, Head of International Activities at the Trust and one of the venture’s founding trustees, says: “India produces thousands of talented young biomedical researchers with PhDs each year, but the opportunities for them to continue postdoctoral work in their home country is limited, with many only returning to fill research leader roles far later in their careers. The aim of the new funding is to build credible career pathways in India for Indian scientists at all stages.”