Press release archive

• New funding scheme to open in Spring 2024 for researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to advance their careers and improve representation in science.  
• Wellcome will also be introducing positive action in shortlisting for its competitive open funding calls and schemes in Spring.    

Wellcome statement in response to the World Health Organization Global Tuberculosis Report 2023. 

Sir Stephen Lovegrove and Diana Noble will join Wellcome’s Board of Governors this month. 

Wellcome statement in response the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) annual ‘State of Climate Services’ report with this year’s edition focusing on health

Dr John-Arne Røttingen, a medical scientist, public health official, diplomat and research administrator, will take up the post in January 2024.

Wellcome responds to the announcement from the UK Government will rejoin Horizon Europe, the EU's scientific research scheme and world’s largest research collaboration programme.

The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, together with Wellcome, have announced approval for funding to upgrade the UK’s national synchrotron, Diamond Light Source. 

Scientific research will increasingly face questions about its own environmental impact, Wellcome says, with support from leadership necessary to make meaningful change.

Jimmy Volmink has been appointed Wellcome’s Chief Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, and Beth Thompson has been appointed Chief Strategy Officer.

Wellcome, the charitable foundation which supports science to solve urgent global health challenges, has set a target of reaching net zero for its UK scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030.

A new podcast from Wellcome will spotlight the role that science can play in finding practical solutions to the greatest global health challenges of our time. 

Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announce funding to advance a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate through a Phase III clinical trial.

As world braces for El Niño – can science help to limit the catastrophic health effects of soaring global temperatures?

Wellcome responds to the announcement from the US National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that El Niño conditions are present and expected to gradually strengthen into the Northern Hemisphere winter 2023-24.

Wellcome responds to the UK government's new £650 million package of funding for life sciences.

Wellcome announces major investment in phase one of Cambridgeshire development which will deliver new lab space, homes, amenities, and unlock future development across 315-acre campus expansion site.

Wellcome is announcing £73 million in funding for eight new Discovery Research Platforms to help overcome barriers holding back progress across fields of research.

This is our response to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's (HFEA) consultation on modernising the HFE Act 1990. 

This is our response to the comments made at the Northern Ireland deal press conference by Ursula von der Leyen, in relation to Horizon Europe. 

Paul Schreier, incoming Interim CEO of Wellcome, congratulates Professor Matt Hurles on his appointment as Director of the Wellcome Sanger Institute.