Collaborative Awards promote the development of new ideas and speed the pace of discovery. We 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.
Career stage:Leading a research programme
Where your host organisation is based:UK, Republic of Ireland, Low- or middle-income countries
Type of researcher:Basic, Clinical, Public health
Level of funding:Up to £4 million
Duration of funding:Up to 5 years
Career stage:Leading a research programme
Where your host organisation is based:UK, Republic of Ireland, Low- or middle-income countries
Type of researcher:Basic, Clinical, Public health
Level of funding:Up to £4 million
Duration of funding:Up to 5 years
Who can apply
Collaborative 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, your 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.
What we're looking for
Your proposal should describe a significant piece of work
that addresses the most important questions, in an area relevant to the
mission of the Wellcome Trust.
You should be able to demonstrate why the scientific problem you are
tackling can only be solved through an integrated, collaborative team
effort.
We encourage interdisciplinary research collaborations, although they
are not essential. We also encourage applications that propose
interdisciplinary research across our Science, Humanities and Social
Science and Innovations teams.
We will review:
- the track records of all team members, relative to their career stage
- the importance of your research question(s) to your field(s)
- the feasibility of your proposal
- the suitability of the environments in which you and your team members do the research
- the time you and your team members will spend on the Collaborative Award, and how it fits in with other academic commitments.
