Career Development Awards for Researchers Worldwide from Wellcome

Wellcome Career Development Awards are now available for mid-career researchers all over the world. These awards provide 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 that could improve human life, health and wellbeing.

About the Funding:-

• Level of funding:
• You should ask for your salary (if required) and the resources you need for your research programme. 
• Duration of funding:
• Usually 8 years, but may be less for some disciplines and longer if held on a part-time basis.

• The award includes:
• A basic salary (determined by your host organisation).
• Staff.
• Continuing professional development and training.
• Materials and consumables.
• Animals essential to your project.
• Equipment.
• Access charges.
• Overheads.
• Travel and subsistence.
• Overseas allowances.
• Fieldwork expenses.
• Inflation allowance.
• Open access charges.
• Clinical research costs.
• Public engagement and patient involvement costs.
• Contract research organisations.
• Other costs.
• A Wellcome Career Development Award provides a salary for the grantholder (if required) and research expenses.
• The award usually lasts for 8 years, but may be less for some disciplines, such as humanities and social science.
• The award may be held on a part-time basis. The duration of the award will be extended to reflect this.
• You should ask for a level and duration of funding that’s justifiable for your proposed research.
• You can only hold one of these awards. No renewals are offered.

• 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.
• Developing methodologies, conceptual frameworks, tools or techniques that could benefit health-related research.
• During the award, you are expected 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.
• To be eligible, you will already be driving your own research. You must have:
• Completed one or two substantial periods of research after your initial training.
• Made important contributions to your area of research.
• 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.
• You must have sponsorship from an eligible host organisation. It can be
• Higher education institution.
• Research institute.
• Non-academic healthcare organisation.
• Not-for-profit organisation.

Selection Criteria:-

To be competitive, your research proposal should be:

• Bold. It aims to deliver a significant shift in understanding and/or it provides a significant advance over existing methodologies, conceptual frameworks, tools or techniques. It has the potential to stimulate new and innovative research.
• Creative. Your proposed approach is novel – it develops and tests new concepts, methods or technologies, or combines existing ideas and approaches in a new way.
• High quality. It is well-designed, clear, supported by evidence and the proposed outcomes/outputs are feasible.

About Wellcome:-

Wellcome is a research-charity and an independent global charitable foundation based in London, in the United Kingdom. It aims to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive. It had a financial endowment of £25.9 billion in 2018 making it the fourth wealthiest charitable foundation in the world. In 2012, the Wellcome Trust was described by the Financial Times as the United Kingdom's largest provider of non-governmental funding for scientific research, and one of the largest providers in the world.

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