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Wellcome Annual Report 2025 Read our insights to learn more about our activities and impact supporting our mission. * Antimicrobial resistance * Rethinking global health We are a charitable foundation with a vision of a healthier future for everyone. Wellcome-funded researchers can access funds to cover open access publishing costs for research articles, book chapters and scholarly monographs reporting original research funded by us.
* Organisations in receipt of open access block grant funding * What the block grant covers * What the block grant doesn't cover * Organisations not in receipt of open access block grant funding * How to request open access funding for monographs and book chapters * Getting funding for part Wellcome-funded papers ## Changes to Open Access Supplement Requests (Active Grants) From 1 March 2026, Wellcome will process supplement requests for eligible Open Access publishing costs using the online form.
Queries will still be handled through the OpenAccess@Wellcome. orgemail and email requests will be considered until 1 April 2026. There are no changes to the process for closed grants.
We will fund reasonable article processing charges (APCs) for research articles published in fully OA journals or platforms that are: * are indexed by Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) * have an agreement (Participation Agreements and Options or PMC)with the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to deposit the [Version of Record [PDF]](https://www. niso. org/sites/default/files/2017-08/RP-8-2008.
pdf) in PMC and allow that content to be shared with Europe PMC. We do not cover the costs of open access publishing in subscription journals. Grant applicants cannot ask for these costs in their grant application, and grant holders will not be allowed to use their grant funds to pay for these costs.
We also provide funds to support reasonable open access fees for monographs and book chapters. How you get this funding depends on the type of publication and whether the organisation in which you’re based receives open access block grant funding. ## Organisations in receipt of open access block grant funding These organisations have a block award to cover open access publishing costs.
Each organisation has its own guide which can be accessed from the links below.
* Birkbeck College, University of London * City St George's, University of London * Institute of Cancer Research * Imperial College London * Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine * London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine * University of Nottingham * Queen Mary College, University of London * Queen’s University of Belfast * University College London ## What the block grant covers The funding can be used to cover: * Article Processing Charges (APCs) for original research articles published in fully open access journals or platforms i ndexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals.
* Fees, memberships or contributions to publishing models or platforms that support Wellcome-funded and non Wellcome-funded researchers both at the organisation and beyond to access fully open access publication, including preprint servers and services for long-form outputs.
* Supporting open scholarly communication infrastructure that enable Wellcome-funded and non Wellcome-funded researchers both at the organisation and beyond to make their short or long-form research outputs open access. ## What the block grant doesn't cover The block grant doesn't cover: * Article Processing Charges (APCs) for original research articles published in subscription journals.
* APCs for research articles published in journals which have Jisc-approved transformative status. * Contributions towards Transformative Agreements. * Other charges associated with publication, for example, page and colour charges.
* Open access fees for book chapters and monographs. * Staff costs associated with meeting the aims of Wellcome’s open access policy. In 2021/22 Wellcome awarded £7.
2 million in open access block grants to 38 institutions. Of the individual articles reported to Wellcome, 92% complied with our Open Access policy at the time the analysis was conducted by OA. Report in August 2023.
Spending reviews for 2014 to 2022 are available on Figshare. ## Organisations not in receipt of open access block grant funding If you’re at an organisation that doesn’t receive open access funding, please email the following details to openaccess@wellcome. org: * your current employing organisation * Wellcome grant reference number * proposed date of publication * cost of the open access fee.
## How to request open access funding for monographs and book chapters [](https://wellcome. org/research-funding/guidance/open-access-guidance/open-access-funding) Email the following details to openaccess@wellcome. org: * your current employing organisation * title of the monograph or book chapter and volume * Wellcome grant reference number * proposed date of publication * cost of the open access fee.
We will supplement your research grant and your organisation will be able to claim reimbursement for these additional costs in the usual way. We will also provide open access funding when a research grant has ended. You can’t use this funding to cover any non-open access publication costs, including page and/or colour charges.
## Getting funding for part Wellcome-funded papers The open access publication costs should be split proportionately in line with the funders’ relative contributions, where the research reported is: * funded by more than one funding agency that mandates open access * the funding agency provides funding for open access. Organisations should charge the proportional costs to the appropriate funder.
If research funders don’t mandate open access, or if Wellcome is the lead funder on a piece of research, we’re willing to meet the full open access fee. Contact us if you have a question about open access.
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Wellcome Genomics in Context Awards is a grant from the Wellcome Trust that funds research integrating genomic data with clinical, environmental, and social context to improve understanding of health and disease. The program supports projects that go beyond generating sequence data to investigate how genomic variation interacts with lived experience, exposures, and biological systems. Eligible applicants include researchers at universities and research institutions globally, with preference for international collaborations. Awards fund multidisciplinary teams combining genomics, epidemiology, social science, and clinical research to generate actionable health insights.
The Evidence for AI in Health (EVAH) initiative is a $60 million joint investment by the Gates Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Wellcome Trust to support rigorous, country-led evaluations of AI health tools in low- and middle-income countries. Delivered in partnership with J-PAL and the African Population and Health Research Center, EVAH funds evaluations of AI-enabled clinical decision support tools in primary and community healthcare settings across Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Pathway A supports early-deployment evaluations focusing on usability, workflow integration, and safety for up to $1 million. Pathway B funds randomized controlled trials, economic analyses, and implementation science studies of tools ready for deployment at scale for up to $3 million. The initiative addresses a critical evidence gap about whether AI diagnostic and clinical decision support tools actually improve health outcomes in resource-limited settings.