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Wellcome Trust

Funds Wellcome Trust, an independent United Kingdom foundation financing global health and biomedical discovery.

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Annual funding
Programs8
Active grants2
Total grants6

Wellcome Trust is an independent charitable foundation based in the UK and founded in 1936 after the death of Sir Henry Wellcome. It manages an investment portfolio currently valued at £39.9 billion and plans to spend £16 billion over the decade to 2032, making it one of the largest biomedical research funders in the world.

Its current strategy is built around four programmes: Discovery Research,

Last verified: 1 Jun 2026Source: wellcome.org