Grant opportunity
Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Development Award
Development funding for infectious disease clinical trials, helping teams prepare trial design, partnerships, and implementation plans.
- 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
About the opportunity
Development-stage support for teams preparing infectious disease clinical trials before a full trial application.
Wellcome lists this opportunity for Researcher, Biomedical Sciences, Global.
This listing is written for researchers, students, universities, NGOs, research teams, policy professionals and academic institutions searching for Biomedical Sciences grants, fellowships, scholarships, conferences, workshops and funding opportunities in Global contexts.
Eligibility
Researchers and teams developing infectious disease clinical trial proposals.
Projects should be positioned to strengthen trial design, partnerships, and readiness.
Funding and benefits
Up to GBP 200,000 per award.
Themes and supported activities
Clinical trial design and development work.
Partnership building, trial planning, feasibility, and preparatory implementation work.
Deadline and timeline
Application deadline: May 19, 2026.
Applicants should confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, required documents, portal steps and any institutional approvals on the official call page before submitting.
How to apply
Use the official Wellcome scheme page to review the guidance, confirm eligibility, and submit through Wellcome's application system.
Before applying, check eligibility rules, budgets, attachments, page limits, partner requirements, cost-share conditions and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration or nomination stage.