[WELLCOME TRUST - INNOVATOR AWARDS | Research Funding]
Event details
| Date | 31.10.2018 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
The UK-based charity, Wellcome Trust, launched the Innovator Awards to support researchers who are transforming great ideas into healthcare innovations that could have a significant and measurable impact on human health. You can work in any discipline on any type of technology. Please, find below:
- Priority focus areas: diagnostics, drug repurposing, mental health, but also neglected tropical diseases, neurological disorders and rare diseases. Applications from other areas may be considered.
- Examples of technologies: therapeutics (small molecules or biologics), vaccines, device, digital technology and regenerative medicine.
Who can apply:
- Individuals and teams from not-for-profit and commercial organisations worldwide.
- Multidisciplinary teams, involving both non-for-profit and commercial organisations, are particularly encouraged.
- Please note: a Letter of Institutional Support is compulsory for applicants who do not hold a tenured or permanent post.
Funding: up to £500,000
Duration: up to 24 months
Eligible costs: salary (except for PI holding a tenured or permanent post), materials and consumables, animals, access charges to equipment and facilities, travel and subsistence, publications costs and other. Does NOT cover overheads.
Rolling call: you can apply any time.
For more information and application, please visit the call webpage.
Practical information
- General public
- Free