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Wellcome Innovator Awards

Status

Status not published

Wellcome operates fixed application rounds with published deadlines, historically several per year. Wellcome restructured its funding schemes in recent years around Discovery Research, Infectious Disease, Mental Health and Climate and Health.

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Amount
Not published

Translational awards supporting healthcare innovations from early validation towards clinical use. Historically split into early-stage awards up to around GBP 500,000 and late-stage awards of several million pounds; check the current scheme page for the applicable ceiling.

Funder

Wellcome Trust

private · supranational

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Wellcome operates fixed application rounds with published deadlines, historically several per year. Wellcome restructured its funding schemes in recent years around Discovery Research, Infectious Disease, Mental Health and Climate and Health.

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

Applicants are usually based at a university, research institution or company; Wellcome funds in the UK, Republic of Ireland and low- and middle-income countries, with some schemes open globally.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

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Source. https://wellcome.org/research-funding/schemes · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: wellcome.org

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