Wellcome Early-Career Awards
An anytime-application scheme for early-career researchers ready to design and deliver an innovative health-related research project.
Key dates
- Current status. There are no deadlines for applications to this scheme; applications can be submitted at any time.
Who this is for
For early-career researchers ready to lead their own project; coapplicants are not accepted and the full scheme rules define eligible career stage, organization and costs.
Award
Your salary plus up to £400,000 for research expenses, with exclusions; usually five years, with stated disciplinary and part-time variations.
Planning suggestions
- Planning suggestion. If you are coordinating a research-office schedule, choose an internal submission target based on readiness rather than inventing an external closing date.
- Planning suggestion. If you need coapplicants, resolve that constraint before using this scheme as your planning route.
Source and update watch
Official source: Wellcome. Source reviewed 2026-10-24.
Update watch. Recheck the live scheme page before applying; do not turn review-board or shortlisting months into an application deadline.
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