Grant opportunity
Wellcome Accelerator Awards 2026
Wellcome Accelerator Awards support ambitious research teams and programmes that can accelerate discovery or translational progress in Wellcome priority areas.
- Funder
- Wellcome
- Deadline
- Aug 25, 2026
- Award
- Award details on official page
- Applicant
- Research Team
- Discipline
- Biomedical Sciences
- Region
- Global
- Posted
- May 14, 2026
Call summary
Overview
Official Wellcome scheme page for Accelerator Awards, with eligibility, remit, deadline, and application guidance.
Who can apply
- Research teams should confirm Wellcome’s applicant, host organization, country, and research-area rules on the official scheme page.
- Applicants should review whether the award supports their project stage, team composition, and proposed outputs.
What it supports
- Biomedical, health, discovery, and translational research aligned with Wellcome’s scheme remit.
- Projects should use the official page for final scope, cost, duration, and assessment criteria.
Funding and duration
Funding level, duration, and eligible costs are provided on the official Wellcome scheme page.
Application deadline
Aug 25, 2026
How to apply
Review the Wellcome Accelerator Awards guidance and submit through Wellcome’s application system by 25 August 2026.
Call details
Official Wellcome scheme page for Accelerator Awards, with eligibility, remit, deadline, and application guidance.
Wellcome lists this opportunity for Research Team, Biomedical Sciences, Global. Applicants should use the official call page to confirm final requirements before submitting.
Research teams should confirm Wellcome’s applicant, host organization, country, and research-area rules on the official scheme page.
Applicants should review whether the award supports their project stage, team composition, and proposed outputs.
Biomedical, health, discovery, and translational research aligned with Wellcome’s scheme remit.
Projects should use the official page for final scope, cost, duration, and assessment criteria.
Funding level, duration, and eligible costs are provided on the official Wellcome scheme page.
Application deadline: Aug 25, 2026.
Confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, and submission route on the official call page.
Plan internal approvals, partner confirmations, budgets, letters, and portal submission before the final deadline.
Review the Wellcome Accelerator Awards guidance and submit through Wellcome’s application system by 25 August 2026.
Before submitting, check required documents, eligible costs, attachments, page limits, institutional approvals, and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration, or nomination stage.