Wellcome Trust (Wellcome Funding Platform)

How to apply for Wellcome Trust funding with the Funding Platform

Grant applications to the Wellcome Trust must be submitted by their online grant application system (WT Funding Platform). It allows applicants to create and edit grant applications for most major schemes.

Grant applications can be routed for review and institutional approval by Research Services. Applications must be received by Research Services 5 working days before the deadline and must be accompanied by an X5 costing.

Please note that Research Services cannot submit applications after 5pm regardless of the deadline set by the funder.

How to apply for funding

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The principal investigator (PI) must register with the  WT Funding Platform to create a user account. This is created instantly and does not require institutional approval.
 

 

The lead applicant must create the application. To create a new application form go to open funding rounds (on the left-hand sidebar), find the relevant funding opportunity, and click start application. Co-investigators and other participants can be added to an application to enable them to edit.

The PI needs to enter the departmental finance officer/administrator as a guest editor. Please talk to your departmental finance officer/administrator about creating an X5 costing.

The PI needs to enter the University of Oxford as the administering organisation on the application. 

See the WT Funding guidance for advice on completing the application.

 

 

The completed application, and an X5 costing, must be submitted to Research Services for institutional approval 5 working days before the deadline.

Research Services will review the application and send it back to the PI for amendments if necessary. Once the changes have been agreed the application can be resubmitted to Research Services as before.

NB: Research Services does not review grant applications under £100k or fellowships under £1 million unless requested by the department. See the application process overview for further details.
 

 

Research Services will arrange for an authorised approver to submit the application to the Wellcome Trust.

Please note that Research Services cannot submit applications after 5pm regardless of the deadline set by the funder.
 

Preliminary applications

 

Please note that preliminary or outline applications are not routed via Research Services on the WT Funding Platform and go straight to the Wellcome Trust. The outline application must be fully approved before the PI submits the preliminary application on the WT Funding Platform.

All preliminary applications require departmental approval and the completed application will need to be provided to the department before submission.

For applications that need Research Services' review, a PDF of the completed application and X5 outline costing will need to be provided to Research Services before submission. Research Services will then advise the PI when the application can be submitted on WT Grant Tracker to the Wellcome Trust. The completed application must be submitted to Research Services for institutional approval 5 working days before the deadline.

NB: Research Services does not review grant applications under £100k or fellowships under £1 million unless requested by the department. See the application process overview for further details.
 

Need help?

Your Department's Funding Team contact can assist with queries regarding your application

Contact the Wellcome Trust via their online form for enquiries about the system or funding. You can also email fundingsupport@wellcome.org

 

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