Wellcome Trust

News and guidance from funder

Below are selected Wellcome Trust-related items included in recent Research Services News Bulletins, as well as selected guidance documents directly from the funder. This is not a comprehensive listing of Wellcome Trust news – you can also subscribe directly to news feeds and email alerts on the Wellcome Trust website.

RS News and funder guidanceLast updated
Wellcome Trust extends open access policy to include scholarly monographs and book chapters 3-June-13
Wellcome Trust: Professor Jeremy Farrar named new Director 13-May-13
Wellcome Trust: updated grant conditions for Biomedical Science awards 23-Nov-12
Updated eGrants User Guides and FAQs 5-Nov-12
Wellcome Trust's eGrants functionality changes 5-Nov-12
Wellcome Trust: stricter open access policy with immediate effect 9-July-12
Wellcome Trust announces changes to translation funding schemes 9-July-12
Improved flexibility of senior biomedical schemes 13-Apr-12
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme now awarded twice a year 16-Mar-12
Assessment Framework Report 2010/11 and Strategic Plan update 16-Mar-12
Wellcome Trust memo: new 'International Recruiting Supplement' (154kb) 1-Mar-12
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Guidance from Research Services

Guidance from Research ServicesLast updated
Factsheet: Sir Henry Dale Fellowships 2012 - Application Guidance (86kb) Dec-12
Guidance on Wellcome Trust Open Access (OA) Policy (51kb) 16-Nov-12
Internal approval process and contacts for medical research grant applications (109kb) Oct-12
Guidance on Investigator Awards (133kb) 16-Dec-11
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Electronic Submission System and Processes

System and Processes
Log-in to e-Grants
Overview of the e-Grants system
e-Grants guidelines for Departmental Administrators/Approvers
Wellcome Trust's e-Val online grant reporting system
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Background information

Funder's website www.wellcome.ac.uk
Funding Guide See Wellcome Trust website
Funding opportunities On the Wellcome Trust website
On ResearchProfessional.com.
Wellcome Trust Research Income at Oxford 2011/12: Oxford received £65.9M (the largest single research funder of the University)
Applications and Award Activity at Oxford 2011/12: 236 applications submitted to the value of £187.7M. 186 new Wellcome Trust awards accepted worth £127.3M, including financial amendments to existing awards (University financial year Aug-Jul)
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Related links

Funder website