Wellcome Career Development Awards 2025: (Deadline 26 November, 2024)

Applications are open for the Wellcome Career Development Awards 2025. This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing.

Wellcome supports discovery research into life, health and wellbeing, and they are taking on three worldwide health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.

Funding

• The annual expenditure for a Career Development Award is usually below £250,000 excluding the applicant’s salary.

Eligibility

• You can apply for a Wellcome Career Development Award if you are a mid-career researcher and you are ready to lead a substantial and innovative research programme. You must aim to make a key contribution to your field by:
  • generating significant shifts in understanding and/or
  • developing methodologies, conceptual frameworks, tools or techniques that could benefit health-related research.
• During the award, they expect you to:
  • develop your research capabilities and leadership skills
  • support others to undertake research responsibly and promote a positive and inclusive culture
  • start training the next generation of researchers and develop their research skills and careers.
• By the end of the award, you should have achieved international standing in your area of research.
• You should also have the skills and experience to apply for permanent positions at research organisations.

Application

As well as answering the application questions, you will need to provide:

• a letter of support from your current supervisor
• a letter of support from the director of finance at your administering organisation if you are requesting overheads
• a quote if you wish to purchase a piece of equipment costing £100,000 or more.

You must submit your application by 17:00 (GMT/BST) on the deadline day. They don’t accept late applications.

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For more information, visit Wellcome Career Development Awards.