Discovery and health research funding
A large international funder whose mental health, climate and health, and discovery research portfolios all fund social science, with awards that can be held outside the United Kingdom.
- Indicative award
- $500k–$5M (total award)Substantial multi-year awards; several schemes fund people rather than projects.
- Timing
- Periodic callsNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Scheme-specific rounds through the year.
- Who can apply
- Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Eligible-organisation rules vary by scheme and some are restricted to specified countries. Check before drafting.
- SSWR clusters
- Special Interest Groups
- Topics
- international · mental health · climate and health · people awards
- Apply at
- https://wellcome.org/research-funding
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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