Wellcome International Training Fellowship

To get funding for postgraduate training, you should usually have at least a 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). You can start postgraduate training immediately after completing an undergraduate degree, or at any other time in your career.

You can apply for an International Training Fellowship if:

• You are a national of a low- or middle-income country
• your proposed research focuses on a health priority in a low- or middle-income country
• you have sponsorship from an eligible host organization in a low- or middle-income country apart from mainland China
• You must have a degree in a relevant subject and some initial research experience or be a clinically qualified doctor (and be qualified to enter higher specialist training), vet, dentist or clinical psychologist, and have some initial research experience.
• You should register for your PhD at a local academic organization. If this is not possible, contact us before submitting your application.
• If you are in the last year of a PhD, you must have been awarded the PhD before you start the fellowship. We do not provide PhD top-up funding.
• You can apply if you have a permanent or rolling employment contract, but only if you are at an early stage in your career. Please contact us first to discuss.
• If you have been away from research (e.g. for a career break, maternity leave, or long-term sick leave), we will allow for this when we consider your application.

Programmes: Fund for people at all career stages from a range of disciplines including biomedicine, informatics, clinical science, public health and social sciences. During your PhD you will work on a project of your own that is formally supervised. Research can be done in the laboratory, office, clinic or field, and may involve experimental or theoretical approaches. You will gain:

• in-depth expertise and knowledge in your area of research
• research-related transferable skills, such as data analysis, experimental design and good research practice

Countries of origin: nationals of low- or middle-income countries (not India and mainland China)

Purposes: Postgraduate training for people who have or are about to finish an undergraduate degree and want to go on to do a PhD.

Grant information: For researchers with the most innovative and exciting ideas. Support can be for individuals or teams, and can include research resources and equipment, or support for conferences and workshops. You can do your training at centres of excellence regionally or internationally.

For salary, fees and research expenses: usually GBP 150,00 to GBP 300,000; duration: 3 years.

The support includes:

• a basic salary (determined by your host organization)
• personal removal expenses
• overheads
• research expenses, directly related to your proposal
• course fees

Wellcome: a politically and financially independent global charitable foundation

not specified; 5 in 2019, 9 in 2018

Your research proposal should be within the science remit and focus on a health priority in a low- or middle-income country. Your application will be evaluated on:

• your research experience
• the quality and importance of your research question(s)
• your knowledge of the scientific area
• the feasibility of your proposal
• the suitability of your choice of sponsor, supervisors and environments
• your vision of how this fellowship will contribute to your career development

You cannot apply if:

• you have previously held, or currently hold, an internationally competitive fellowship at an equivalent level e.g. a NIH Fogarty fellowship
• you are a researcher in India – instead see the Wellcome Trust/Department of Biotechnology India Alliance
• you are currently applying for another Wellcome fellowship