Senior investigator awards

Senior Investigator Awards will support exceptional, world-class researchers, who hold an established academic position and have a compelling long-term vision for their research. The Trust will support researchers who have an international track-record of significant achievement, who have demonstrated the originality and impact of their research, and who are leading their field. Senior Investigator Awards will provide support that is flexible and at a level and length sufficient to enable exceptional researchers to address the most important questions about health and disease. Senior Investigator Awards may be for up to seven years and provide a generous and flexible package of funding. A Senior Investigator Award might be in the range of £100k to £425k per year, depending on the needs of your research and your ability to justify the proposed costs. Applications for Senior Investigator Awards may be made from 1st October 2010. The closing date for the first round of applications is Monday, 22nd November 2010 (decisions in May 2011). Following Round 1, there will be no closing dates and applications will be accepted at any time and processed on a rolling basis for consideration by Expert Review Group and Selection Panel meetings, which will be held four times a year. Restrictions: The award will not include salary costs. These must be provided by the host institution. If you are based in the UK or a low- or middle-income country: * You should have an established academic post at an eligible higher education or research institution. By this we mean you are employed on a permanent, open-ended or long-term rolling contract, salaried by your host institution. * You will also be eligible to apply if you have a written guarantee of an established academic post at your host institution, which you will take up by the start of the award.

Close Date: 22 November 2010

Type: Educational Research

Contact Email: investigators@wellcome.ac.uk

More Info: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Grants/Investigator-Awards/WTX059285.htm

14 May 2010