Wellcome Innovator Awards

Startup grant · run by Wellcome Trust · London · United Kingdom · Global

Funding for healthcare technologies with a clear route to patients — open to teams inside and outside academia, in the UK and beyond.

Apply on the programme's own site

Wellcome Innovator Awards terms

Read from the programme's own page on September 13, 2026, and re-read every morning. A figure nobody states is left empty rather than estimated.

Funding
Up to £500,000
Funding amount : Up to £500,000, or up to £750,000 for multidisciplinary collaborations check it
Who may apply
If you're not sure whether your proposal is eligible as a multidisciplinary collaboration, please contact us.
If you're not sure whether your proposal is eligible as a multidisciplinary collaboration, please contact us. check it

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