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The Wellcome Early-Career Awards for International Researchers (£400,000)
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- Wellcome Trust Charity Foundation posted 8 months ago
- Posted: June 15, 2024 -Accepting applications
Opportunity Detail
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Language Requirement Not required
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Gender Male Female
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Level Research
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Eligible Region/Countries
Opportunity Description
The Wellcome Trust funds early-career international researchers from any discipline ready to develop their research identity. Through their projects, they can improve human life, health, and well-being. By the end of the program, the researchers will lead their independent projects.
This program is mainly for those who design, plan, and deliver innovative research projects that aim to advance understanding in their field of career or develop methodologies, frameworks, tools, and techniques that could benefit health-related research.
These awards aim to expand early-career researchers’ technical skills, research methodologies, or frameworks and to support building a cooperative network with other researchers. This Award also seeks to develop the management skills of researchers, advance their understanding of how to complete research responsibly, and promote an inclusive culture.
Brief Details of the Awards
Application Opens: 22 May 2024
Applications Deadline: 01 October 2024 (17:00 BST)
Shortlisting: December 2024
Interviews: 11-13 March 2025
Organization: Wellcome Trust
Location: UK
Gender: Male/Female
Funding Type: Fully-funded
Eligible Countries: All
Administrating Organization Location:
- UK
- Republic of Ireland
- A low- or middle-income country (apart from India and mainland China).
Program Duration: 5 years
Language Required: English
Fields: Health
Benefits of the Wellcome Early-Career Awards
Grant holders can benefit from a salary determined by the host organization and up to £400,000 for research expenses. Researchers can also request overheads or overseas allowances, which won’t count against the £400,000 limit for research expenses. Grant holders are allowed to ask for the following costs but must justify the prices in their application:
- A basic salary from the host organization
- Relocation allowance and costs
- Staff salary and expenses
- Continuing professional development and training
- Materials and consumables
- Animals required for tests
- Equipment such as computers and other facilities
- Access charges
- Overheads
- Travel and subsistence
- Overseas allowances
- Fieldwork expenses
- Inflation allowance
- Open access charges
- Clinical research costs
- Public engagement and patient involvement costs
- Contract research organizations
- Other costs
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Eligibility Requirements
Requirements for the Host Organization
Assessment Criteria
The selection committee will evaluate your research proposal, skills and experience, and research environment. The assessment weightings at the interview stage are:
Research Proposal (50%)
To be competitive, your research proposal should be:
- Bold: Aiming for a significant shift in understanding or advancing methodologies, frameworks, tools, or techniques with the potential to stimulate innovative research.
- Creative: Proposing novel approaches, developing and testing new concepts, methods, or technologies, or combining existing ideas in new ways.
- High Quality: Well-designed, clear, evidence-supported, with feasible outcomes and outputs.
Skills and Experience (25%)
The Committee will review:
- Your previous research outputs and contributions to the research community.
- Your research skills, experience with different methodologies, and development plans during the award.
- You plan to develop management skills and capabilities for leading a research program.
Research Environment (25%)
The Committee will review:
- How does your research environment support your research program and development as a researcher?
- How your administering organization aids in developing your project and management skills.
- Your contribution to fostering a positive and inclusive research culture.
Research Areas
your area of research can be in the following fields:
- Molecular, Cellular, and Physiological Sciences
- Brain and Behavioural Sciences
- Infection and Immunobiology
- Population and Public Health
- Medical Humanities
- Social Sciences.
How to Apply?
Apply via the Wellcome Funding platform linked below. Log in or create an account to save and return to your application anytime. You need to provide:
- A letter of support from your current supervisor.
- A letter from the person overseeing your clinical training if applicable.
- A letter from your organization’s finance director if requesting overheads.
Note: Ensure you leave enough time to complete your application and have your organization review and submit it.
Application Process
- Before You Apply, read all instructions thoroughly.
- Submit to Administering Organization
- Complete your application on Wellcome Funding.
- Submit it to the ‘authorized approver’ at your organization in time for them to review and submit it by the deadline.
- Approval and Submission
- Your organization must submit your application by 17:00 (GMT/BST) on the day of the deadline.
- Check for any impact from industrial action at UK universities and agree on a submission timeline with your organization.
- Shortlisting
- Wellcome will check your eligibility and how well your application meets the scheme’s aims.
- An Early-Career Advisory Group relevant to your research area will review your application.
- If shortlisted, you will go for an interview.
- Interviews
- It occurs at the Wellcome offices in London, with remote participation available if needed.
- You will give a presentation and answer questions from the Early-Career Interview Committee.
- Funding Decision
- Made by the Discovery Research Decision Board.
- You will get a notification of the decision by email, followed by a detailed letter explaining the reasons.
Apply Now
Read more details about the Wellcome Early-Career Awards on the Wellcome Trust website.
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