The Wellcome Trust is offering International Training Fellowships for the 2020-21 academic year. Wellcome is a global charitable foundation, both politically and financially independent. They support scientists and researchers, take on big problems, fuel imaginations, and spark debate. Their scheme offers nationals of low and middle-income countries the opportunity to receive training at the postgraduate or postdoctoral level.
Wellcome is a politically and financially independent global charitable foundation, funded by a £26.8 billion investment portfolio. The strategy includes grant funding, advocacy campaigns and partnerships to find solutions for today’s urgent health challenges.
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Their founder, Sir Henry Wellcome, was a pharmaceutical entrepreneur. Their governance is based on an updated version of his will, in which he left us his wealth, his collection of historical medical items, and their mission to improve health through research.
Location:
United KingdomBenefits
Level of funding:
Usually £150,00 to £300,000 for salary, fees and research expenses
Eligibilities
You can apply for an International Training Fellowship if:
- you’re a national of a low- or middle-income country
- your proposed research focuses on a health priority in a low- or middle-income country
- you have sponsorship from an eligible host organisation in a low- or middle-income country apart from mainland China.
- You must want to undertake a guided period of research so that you can consolidate your existing experience and explore new areas of research.
You must:
- have a PhD and be an early-career researcher
or - have a degree in a relevant subject and some initial research experience
or
- be a clinically qualified doctor (and be qualified to enter higher specialist training), vet, dentist or clinical psychologist, and have some initial research experience.
If you don’t have a PhD, they expect you to start one at the same time as the fellowship. You should register for your PhD at a local academic organisation. If this isn’t possible, contact us before submitting your application.
If you are in the last year of a PhD, you must have been awarded the PhD before you start the fellowship. We don’t provide PhD top-up funding.
You can apply if you have a permanent or rolling employment contract, but only if you’re at an early stage in your career. Please contact us first to discuss.
If you’ve been away from research (eg for a career break, maternity leave, or long-term sick leave), we’ll allow for this when we consider your application.
Your research proposal
Your research proposal should be within our science remit and focus on a health priority in a low- or middle-income country.
When they consider your application, they’ll look at:
- your research experience
- the quality and importance of your research question(s)
- your knowledge of the scientific area
- the feasibility of your proposal
- the suitability of your choice of sponsor, supervisors and environments
- your vision of how this fellowship will contribute to your career development.
They encourage fellows to collaborate with researchers in other low- and middle-income countries.
Eligible Regions: A national of a low- or middle-income country
Application Process
To see details regarding the application process, please visit the official site.
Application Deadline: November 5, 2020
Application ClosedOfficial link
