Deadline: 20 August 2018
The Wellcome Trust is seeking applications for its Collaborative Awards in Science to promote the development of new ideas and speed the pace of discovery. The scheme fund teams of researchers, consisting of independent research groups, to work together on the most important scientific problems that can only be solved through collaborative efforts.
Benefits
The support includes:
- Research expenses directly related to their proposal
- staff
- materials and consumables
- animals
- equipment
- access charges
- research management and support costs
- travel and subsistence
- overseas allowances
- fieldwork expenses
- inflation allowance
- publication costs
- clinical research costs
- other costs
Funding Information
A Collaborative Award can be up to £4 million and last for up to five years.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Awards are for teams of researchers bringing together the relevant expertise and experience to address the most important scientific problems.
- Each applicant must be essential to the proposed collaborative research and have:
- Proven research expertise and experience in their field.
- An academic or research post (or equivalent).
- A salary for the duration of the award period. If this is not in place, their employing organisation must provide a guarantee of salary support for the duration of the award.
- Members of the team must have proven experience in collaborative research and consist of independent research groups.
- Team size will depend on the proposed research, but should generally have more than two applicants, and no more than seven.
- Teams may be based in the same or in different organisations, and must bring different expertise or disciplines to the research question.
- Applicants should usually be based at eligible organisations in the UK, Republic of Ireland, or low- or middle-income countries. However, they can make exceptions for projects that need specific expertise or resources provided by team members based in other countries.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website
For further information, please visit Wellcome Trust.