Grants

Career Development Awards

Prize/Award opportunity

Application deadline: 26 Nov 2024

Institute: Wellcome Trust
Country: UK, Ireland, and Low- and Middle-Income Countries
More information: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/career-development-awards

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.

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, we 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.

Eligibility
Your research must:

fit within what we support in Discovery Research
have the potential to improve human life, health, and wellbeing.

Your research can:

be in any discipline - including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), experimental medicine, humanities and social science, clinical/allied health sciences, and public health.

The administering organisation must be in one of the following: