Fully Funded Wellcome 2021 International Masters Fellowships

Wellcome International Masters Fellowships 2021-2022 are fully funded masters scholarship for international students. This fellowship provides the recipient with £120,000 including salary, studentship stipend, fees and research expenses.

• Table of Content
• About Wellcome Trust
• Wellcome Fellowships Masters Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Wellcome Fellowships Masters Scholarship
• Requirements for Wellcome Fellowships Masters Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Wellcome Trust

Wellcome exists to improve health by helping great ideas to thrive. They support researchers, we take on big health challenges, we campaign for better science, and we help everyone get involved with science and health research. Wellcome is a politically and financially independent foundation. Their founder, Sir Henry Wellcome, was a medical entrepreneur, collector and philanthropist. How they work today reflects the breadth of his interests, and his conviction that health can be improved when research generates, tests and investigates new ideas. Their governance is based on an updated ve...&nb... continue reading

Wellcome Fellowships Masters Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Wellcome Fellowships Masters Scholarship

• £120,000 including salary, studentship stipend, fees and research expenses.
• Travel costs (outward and return airfares)

Requirements for Wellcome Fellowships Masters Scholarship Qualification

• Required Language: English.
• Eligible Countries: Nationals of a low- or middle-income country
• Your research proposal should be within our science remit and focus on a health priority in a low- or middle-income country.
• You have sponsorship from an eligible host organisation in a low- or middle-income country.
• You must hold a clinical or non-clinical undergraduate degree in a relevant subject
• You should be at an early stage in your career with limited research experience (but you must have demonstrated interest in, or aptitude for, research).

Application Deadline

How to Apply

(1) Submit your application through the Wellcome Trust Grant Tracker (WTGT)

• You must submit your application through Grant Tracker.
• Submit it to the ‘authorised organisational approver’ at your host organisation for approval. Make sure you leave enough time for the approver to review and submit your application before the deadline. The approver may ask you to make changes to your application.
• View the Sample full application form for International Master’s Fellowships.

(2) Host organisation reviews your application and submits it to Wellcome
Wellcome may take up to four months to consider your full application. Wellcome will let you know if you are not eligible.

(3) Scientific Review
The International Interview Committee will review your application and make the final decision. There are no interviews for these fellowships. If successful, you must take up the fellowship within one year of the award.