Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Collaborative Awards in Science 

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:

Where your host organisation is based: UK, Republic of Ireland, Low- and middle-income countries

Type of researcher:

Basic, Clinical, Public health

Level of funding:

Up to £4 million

Duration of funding:

Up to 5 years







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

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. Teams may be based in the same or in different organisations, and must bring different expertise or disciplines to the research question. 
Our support includes research expenses directly related to your proposal. We don't provide funds for directly allocated or indirect costs 

View of full application form (following successful preliminary application) https://wellcome.ac.uk/sites/default/files/sample-full-app-form-collaborative-awards-science-2016-August.pdf

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