Wellcome Leap programmes
Status
Always open
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Amount
Not published
Milestone-based, non-dilutive performer contracts within themed programmes. Individual awards are commonly in the millions of dollars.
Funder
Wellcome Leap
private · national
Deadline: cutoff — Each programme issues its own call for performers with a published deadline. Several are live at any time.
Your odds
Not published
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Effort
quick
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: health, deeptech, ai
- Stage: seed, series_a, growth
- R&D activity required
Open to companies and research institutions worldwide. Contracts are non-dilutive but milestone-gated.
Source. https://wellcomeleap.org/programs/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked