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Science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone. Wellcome is a global charitable foundation. We want everyone to benefit from science’s potential to improve health and save lives. Find out more about who we are.
The Wellcome Trust is a charitable foundation focused on health research based in London, United Kingdom. It was established in 1936 with legacies from the pharmaceutical magnate Henry Wellcome (founder of Burroughs Wellcome, one of the predecessors of GSK plc) to fund research to improve human and animal health.
Find out about Wellcome's research grant funding including open schemes, guidance, what we offer for different career stages and who we have funded.
We fund curiosity-driven research, and we’re taking on three of the biggest health challenges facing humanity – climate change, infectious disease and mental health. With a £36.8 billion investment portfolio, we give researchers the time and resources they need to make breakthroughs.
People we fund generate new knowledge about life, health and wellbeing. Discoveries made today will transform health in ways we can't yet imagine. That's why our outlook is broad, from cells to societies, physical sciences to cultural inquiry, including Wellcome Collection.
Advocating for policy change. We advocate for evidence-based approaches that improve global mental health. We do this by working with the private sector, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), charities, governments and affected communities. Read how we're influencing and informing policy.
We fund research and partnerships aimed at better understanding what and how infectious diseases thrive, as well as developing innovative tools to reduce their risk and impact. We prioritise work that promotes equitable and sustainable research and development centred on the communities most at risk.
We support discovery research into life, health and wellbeing, and we’re taking on three worldwide health challenges: mental health, climate and health and infectious diseases. Ask us questions...
Wellcome works with people and organisations using science to solve health challenges. Explore some of our activities and projects.
The Wellcome Sanger Institute, previously known as The Sanger Centre and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, is a non-profit British genomics and genetics research institute, primarily funded by the Wellcome Trust.
