Wellcome Innovator Awards
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.
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.
Wellcome Trust
private · supranational
Deadline: cutoff — 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.
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: health
- Stage: idea, pre_seed, seed
- R&D activity required
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.
Source. https://wellcome.org/research-funding/schemes — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked