Wellcome Career Development Awards
Funds United Kingdom mid-career researchers to expand leadership, interdisciplinary scope, and research impact.
Wellcome Career Development Awards fund mid-career researchers who are already independently leading their own research and are ready to build substantial, innovative programmes aimed at generating significant shifts in understanding or developing new methodologies in health-related science. The scheme runs three times per year; the July 2026 deadline is 28 July 2026 at 15:00 BST. Awards typically…
Substantial and innovative research programmes led by mid-career researchers across any discipline within Wellcome's Discovery Research remit, aimed at generating significant shifts in understanding or advancing health-related methodologies.
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