Wellcome 2023 Early-Career Awards for Developing Countries

This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. Through innovative projects, they will deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. By the end of the award, they will be ready to lead their own independent research programme. 

• Table of Content
• About Wellcome
• Wellcome Early-Career Awards
• Aim and Benefits of Wellcome Early-Career Awards
• Requirements for Wellcome Early-Career Awards Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Wellcome

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 version ... continue reading

Wellcome Early-Career Awards

Aim and Benefits of Wellcome Early-Career Awards

A Wellcome Early-Career Award provides a salary for the grantholder and up to £400,000 for research expenses. If you are eligible to request overheads or overseas allowances, we won't count these against the £400,000 limit for research expenses.

If after two or more years from your ECA activation date your organisation awards you a permanent, open ended or long-term rolling contract that includes your salary, you will be able to keep the salary element of the award to use towards your remaining research costs.  

The award usually lasts for 5 years, but may be less for some disciplines, such as humanities and social science.

The award may be held on a part-time basis. We will extend the duration of the award to reflect this.

Requirements for Wellcome Early-Career Awards Qualification

You can apply to this scheme if you are an early-career researcher and you are ready to design, plan and deliver your own innovative research project that aims to:

• Advance understanding in your field

and/or

• Develop methodologies, conceptual frameworks, tools or techniques that could benefit health-related research.

During the award, we expect you to:

• Expand your technical skills and/or your experience of different research methodologies or frameworks
• Build a collaborative network with other researchers in your field
• Develop your people management skills
• Advance your understanding of how to complete research responsibly and promote a positive and inclusive culture.

Your research can be in any discipline – including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), experimental medicine, humanities and social science, clinical/allied health sciences, and public health – as long as it has the potential to improve human life, health and wellbeing, and aligns with our funding remit.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit Wellcome website.