GET READY TO APPLY: Wellcome Career Development Awards
Wellcome
Apply on their own site: https://wellcome.org/research-funding/schemes/wellcome-career-development-awards
This checklist: https://qualifyafrica.com/o/wellcome-career-development-award
Built only from what the listing states. Lines marked (our advice) are ours.
A long application, by our reading.

1. CHECK YOURSELF AGAINST WHAT THEY ASK
[ ] based at an eligible research organisation in an African low- or middle-income country, which is every African country Wellcome lists except Seychelles
[ ] a PhD or an equivalent higher research degree
[ ] a mid-career researcher, past the early-career stage

2. WHAT TO GET READY
It asks for something outside the usual documents; read it below.
In their words: "An application on the Wellcome Funding platform, which your administering organisation approves and submits. Besides the application questions, you add a letter from your finance director if you ask for overheads and a quote for any equipment costing £100,000 or more."

3. DATES
- No closing date is stated.
- Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. (our advice)
- On the date, the listing says: Applications accepted year round. All Wellcome deadlines close at 15:00 GMT/BST. Decision rounds listed for May 2027 and September 2027. From 29 October 2026 Wellcome only accepts applications from lead applicants based in the UK and in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, South Asia and South-East Asia. Applications submitted on or before 28 October 2026 are assessed under the current rules.

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