Wellcome Accelerator Awards
Supports underrepresented United Kingdom researchers through focused fellowships and research development pathways.
The Wellcome Accelerator Awards is an annual scheme run by the Wellcome Trust to support early- and mid-career researchers of Black (including mixed Black), Bangladeshi, and Pakistani heritage who are currently working in or ordinarily resident in the UK. The scheme addresses structural underrepresentation of these groups in UK academic research by providing flexible, personal funding to help reci…
Research or research-adjacent activities — including pilot studies, training, secondments, and networking — within Wellcome's Discovery Research remit, designed to advance the academic careers of researchers of Black, Bangladeshi, or Pakistani heritage in the UK.
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