Wellcome Discovery Awards
Funds established United Kingdom investigators in bold health research with long-term flexible scientific support.
Wellcome Discovery Awards are the flagship large-grant mechanism of Wellcome, one of the world's largest health-research foundations. The scheme funds bold, creative research programmes led by established researchers or teams of up to eight applicants, with the aim of generating significant shifts in understanding or developing methodologies, tools, and frameworks that benefit health-related resea…
Bold and creative health-related research across any discipline — including life sciences, STEM, experimental medicine, humanities and social science, clinical and allied health sciences, and public health — conducted by established researchers or teams.
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