Grant opportunity
Wellcome Prize for Mental Health Science with Nature
Wellcome and Nature are seeking clinically evidenced interventions with the potential to improve prevention, treatment, or management of anxiety, depression, and psychosis.
- Funder
- Wellcome and Nature
- Submission deadline
- Submission deadline: Sep 18, 2026
- Award
- USD 1 million winner prize; three finalist awards of USD 250,000 each
- Applicant
- Research teams
- Discipline
- Biomedical Sciences
- Region
- Global
- Posted
- May 22, 2026
Call summary
Overview
The prize recognises mental health interventions with clinical evidence and strong potential for wider adoption and impact.
Who can apply
- Applicants should be research teams developing interventions relevant to anxiety, depression, or psychosis.
- Entries should demonstrate the scientific, clinical, implementation, and impact basis required on the official applicant page.
What it supports
- Prevention, treatment, and management of priority mental health conditions.
- Clinically evidenced interventions with routes to adoption, equity, and real-world impact.
Funding and duration
The winning team receives USD 1 million. Three finalist teams receive USD 250,000 each, with additional development support described by the organisers.
Submission deadline
Submission deadline: Sep 18, 2026
How to apply
Use the official Wellcome Prize for Mental Health Science applicant page and submit before 18 September 2026.
Call details
About the opportunity
The prize recognises mental health interventions with clinical evidence and strong potential for wider adoption and impact.
Wellcome and Nature lists this opportunity for Research teams, 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
Applicants should be research teams developing interventions relevant to anxiety, depression, or psychosis.
Entries should demonstrate the scientific, clinical, implementation, and impact basis required on the official applicant page.
Funding and benefits
The winning team receives USD 1 million. Three finalist teams receive USD 250,000 each, with additional development support described by the organisers.
Themes and supported activities
Prevention, treatment, and management of priority mental health conditions.
Clinically evidenced interventions with routes to adoption, equity, and real-world impact.
Deadline and timeline
Submission deadline: Submission deadline: Sep 18, 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 Prize for Mental Health Science applicant page and submit before 18 September 2026.
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.