Grant opportunity

Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Development Award

Development funding for infectious disease clinical trials, helping teams prepare trial design, partnerships, and implementation plans.

HealthClinical trialsInfectious disease
Funder
Wellcome
Deadline
May 19, 2026
Award
Up to GBP 200,000 per award
Applicant
Researcher
Discipline
Biomedical Sciences
Region
Global
Posted
May 11, 2026

Call summary

Overview

Development-stage support for teams preparing infectious disease clinical trials before a full trial application.

Who can apply

  • Researchers and teams developing infectious disease clinical trial proposals.
  • Projects should be positioned to strengthen trial design, partnerships, and readiness.

What it supports

  • Clinical trial design and development work.
  • Partnership building, trial planning, feasibility, and preparatory implementation work.

Funding and duration

Up to GBP 200,000 per award.

Application deadline

May 19, 2026

How to apply

Use the official Wellcome scheme page to review the guidance, confirm eligibility, and submit through Wellcome's application system.

Call details

Development-stage support for teams preparing infectious disease clinical trials before a full trial application.

Wellcome lists this opportunity for Researcher, Biomedical Sciences, Global. Applicants should use the official call page to confirm final requirements before submitting.

Researchers and teams developing infectious disease clinical trial proposals.

Projects should be positioned to strengthen trial design, partnerships, and readiness.

Clinical trial design and development work.

Partnership building, trial planning, feasibility, and preparatory implementation work.

Up to GBP 200,000 per award.

Application deadline: May 19, 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.

Use the official Wellcome scheme page to review the guidance, confirm eligibility, and submit through Wellcome's application system.

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.