Wellcome Early Career Awards 2025

Wellcome Early Career Awards 2025

Wellcome Early Career Awards 2025 provides full funding including a salary and up to £400,000 for research expenses. This opportunity supports early-career researchers in health-related disciplines at eligible institutions in the UK, Ireland, or low-/middle-income countries (excluding India and China).

The application deadline is 30 September 2025. Awards are administered by not-for-profit institutions and require applicants to dedicate at least 80% of their time to research, with up to 40% of time allowed for clinical duties if applicable.

Eligibility requirements include:

• Being an early-career researcher ready to lead innovative health-related research
• Holding a PhD (viva passed) or having 4+ years of equivalent research experience
• Having ≤3 years of postdoctoral experience (exceptions for breaks/part-time work)
• Demonstrating strong research skills and project delivery capability
• Committing ≥80% research time to the project
• Being based at an eligible UK, Ireland, or low-/middle-income organization
• Having the award administered by a not-for-profit institution
• Not holding a tenured salaried position during the award (except in eligible countries)
• Not holding pending or equivalent early-career awards
• Conducting research aligned with Wellcome Discovery Research priorities

Benefits include a salary plus research expenses up to £400,000, with certain costs excluded from this limit. The application process requires submitting an online form before the 30 September 2025 deadline. Apply here for the Wellcome Early Career Awards 2025.