Overview: Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowships
General	Program name	Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowships
	Funds for	PI salary funds
	Funding agency	Wellcome Trust
	Scope	International
	Fields of science	Human and animal health
	Duration	7 years plus 5 years
	Program web site	http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/Fellowships/Basic-biomedical-fellowships/wtd004442.htm
	Number of calls per year	3
Eligibility	EU-Life institution	Babraham
	Applicant's Level of Experience (years after PhD)	Higher degree (PhD or equivalent) with significant research experience and leading own independent research programme.
	Applicant's Nationality	EEA national, or non-EU but PhD carried out in UK or Ireland or spent 3 years carrying out research in UK or Ireland
	Other Important Requirements	Host organisation must be located in UK, Ireland or a low/middle income country.
Funding type & amounts	Fellowship (net salary, exempt of national taxes)	n/a
	Working contract (gross salary)	Basic salary, as determined by the host institution (normally up to £55 000 pa) with an additional Trust supplement of £12 500 pa;
	Other allowances	The essential costs of the research programme (e.g. consumables, equipment, research assistance, overseas allowances, collaborative travel and subsistence, fieldwork and data collection); personal removal expenses, salary supplement if on no-clinical salary scale.
Next deadline	Nov. 12, 2018, 5 p.m.
Past submissions outcomes
Year	Available fellowships	Success rates
2018