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Wellcome Discovery Awards provide major, long-term funding for ambitious research that advances understanding of human life, health, and wellbeing. The scheme is explicitly discipline-agnostic and welcomes AI and computational approaches to biomedical challenges, including machine learning for drug discovery, AI-driven clinical diagnostics, computational genomics, and data science for health equity.
Awards value transformative potential over incremental advances, making them well suited to ambitious AI-health intersection research. After the round closing 22 September 2026, Discovery Awards become an always-open scheme with no fixed deadline.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Established researchers (and their teams) at eligible research organisations who are leaders or emerging leaders in their field. Open internationally to eligible host institutions; discipline-agnostic including AI/computational biomedical research. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows GBP 1 million to GBP 5 million (approximately $1.27M-$6.35M USD); average award about GBP 3.5M (~$4.4M USD), over 3-8 years (average 7 years). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was September 22, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Wellcome Discovery Awards for AI and Computational Biomedical Research is funded by Wellcome Trust. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.