Wellcome Biomedical Resource Grants, 2020

Career Stage: Leading a research programme

Where your host organisation is based: UK, LMIC

Level of Funding: Up to £1.5million. 

Duration of funding: Up to 5 years.

Who can apply

You can apply for a Biomedical Resource Grant if you want to establish a new biomedical resource (such as a database or collection) or substantially enhance an existing resource. The resource should enable new research and benefit the wider scientific community. 

The lead applicant must be based in the UK or a low- or middle-income country (apart from India). Other applicants can be based in the same or different countries anywhere in the world.

You, and any other applicants, must have: 

• an academic or research post (or the equivalent) at an eligible host organisation in the UK or a low- or middle-income country
• a permanent, open-ended or long-term rolling contract, or the guarantee of one, with a salary paid by your host organisation.

If you, or any other applicants, hold a permanent, open-ended or long-term rolling contract but have to get your salary from external grant funding, you can ask us for this in your application. If this applies to you, or any other applicants on your grant, you must commit at least 10% of your working hours to this grant. In this case, your host organisation must confirm details about your employment contracts or their policy on salary recovery costs.

You should have a track record in obtaining grant funding.

For more information or to apply visit the call website.