These awards support researchers who are transforming great ideas into healthcare innovations that could have a significant impact on human health with up to £500,000, or up to £750,000 available for multidisciplinary collaborations. Project duration is usually up to 24 months, or up to 36 months for multidisciplinary collaborations.

Applications should describe:

  • the global burden of the disease or condition that you want to address
  • the unmet healthcare need
  • the patient population that you want to reach and the impact that your healthcare innovation could have on their health
  • why your healthcare innovation will be significantly better than anything that’s already available or being developed
  • the evidence supporting your proof of concept
  • what you will do with our funding (e.g. key experiments and project deliverables) to move your project on to the next stage of development
  • your team’s expertise and the resources available to you
  • your long-term aims beyond this award.

Deadline: Open

For further information, click the link: https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/innovator-awards