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Wellcome Early-Career Awards (May 2024 Round)

The Wellcome Early-Career Awards provide funding opportunities for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to design, plan and deliver your own innovative research project. This award supports research project that that could improve human life, health and wellbeing.

Applications are accepted three times a year, with the upcoming deadline in May and October 2024. Don’t miss this chance to propel your research career!

Deadline:

21 May 2024

Fund:

  • Salary
  • Up to £400,000 for research expenses

Duration:

Usually 5 years, but may be less for some disciplines, and may only be longer if held on a part-time basis.

Research Areas:

Any discipline as long as it has the potential to improve human life, health and wellbeing

Eligibility:

You can apply to this scheme if you meet the following criteria.

  • You must have:
    • completed a PhD or an equivalent higher research degree. At the point of application, you must have passed your viva examination.
      OR
      if you have not started a PhD or equivalent degree, at least four years’ equivalent research experience.
  • You may also have some postdoctoral experience in your proposed field of study, but no more than three years unless you can demonstrate how other factors have impacted on your research career.
  • You can apply if you hold a permanent, open-ended or long-term rolling contract and are based in a low- or middle-income country.
  • You must have sponsorship from an eligible host organisation in one of the following:
    • UK
    • Republic of Ireland
    • a low- or middle-income country (apart from India and mainland China).

      It can be a:
      • higher education institution
      • research institute
      • non-academic healthcare organisation
      • not-for-profit organisation.

Note: For more information about eligibility, please refer to this link https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/early-career-awards#eligibility-and-suitability-72a1.

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