Wellcome Trust

Wellcome Trust, known simply as Wellcome, is a charitable foundation that works worldwide. It pays for research into life, health and wellbeing, with the aim that everyone can gain from advances in science.

What Wellcome Trust offers

• Discovery research funding — supports scientific work on life, health and wellbeing through grants managed in an online grant tracker.
• Three health priorities — concentrates on mental health, infectious disease, and climate and health.
• Wellcome Collection — runs a free museum that explores health and human experience.
• Publications and advocacy — releases an annual report, articles on research topics, and campaigns for better global health.

Who it works with

Researchers and research institutions across the world, including work in places such as Oxford and Western Kenya.

Key facts

• Type: global charitable foundation
• Priorities: mental health, infectious disease, climate and health
• Public programme: Wellcome Collection museum and image awards