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Mental Health Award: Understanding how anxiety and trauma-related problems develop, persist and resolve
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Wellcome's Mental Health Award funds research into how anxiety and trauma-related problems develop, persist and resolve, offering up to £4 million over five years. The call welcomes higher education institutions, research institutes, non-academic healthcare organisations, not-for-profits and commercial organisations, and expects applicants to involve people with lived experience in the research. It particularly encourages work based in low- and middle-income countries, and collaboration between multiple organisations is allowed if backed by a collaboration agreement.
Details
| Funder | Wellcome |
| Budget | Up to £4 million |
| Duration | Up to 5 years |
| Consortium | Optional — collaborations and partnerships between multiple organisations are permitted and require a collaboration agreement, but a single applicant/organisation may also apply |
| Application | 2-stage: preliminary application → full application |
Eligibility & scope
Funds research into biological, psychological and/or social mechanisms underlying anxiety and trauma-related problems, with priority for multi-level analyses and research in/across low- and middle-income countries. Applicants cannot transfer grant funds into mainland China; lived experience involvement is required.
Who Should Apply
- •Researchers studying biological, psychological or social mechanisms of anxiety and trauma
- •Higher education institutions, research institutes, healthcare organisations, not-for-profits and commercial organisations with working capital
- •Teams planning to involve people with lived experience in the research design
- •Applicants proposing research based in low- and middle-income countries
- •Multi-organisation collaborations willing to formalise a collaboration agreement
Key Dates
- •Two-stage process: preliminary application followed by full application
- •Up to five-year project duration
Tips for Applicants
- ✓Build lived experience involvement into the research design itself, not as an add-on, since Wellcome emphasises this explicitly for this call.
- ✓If proposing work in low- and middle-income countries, make the local relevance and infrastructure case clearly at the preliminary stage.
- ✓For multi-organisation bids, have the collaboration agreement terms worked out early, funding cannot move into mainland China, which affects any partner based there.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does the Wellcome Mental Health Award pay?
Up to £4 million for projects lasting up to five years.
Who can apply for the Wellcome Mental Health Award?
Higher education institutions, research institutes, non-academic healthcare organisations, not-for-profits and commercial organisations with working capital can apply.
Does the Wellcome Mental Health Award require lived experience involvement?
Yes, the call places emphasis on involving people with lived experience of anxiety and trauma-related problems.
Is the Wellcome Mental Health Award a single-step application?
No, it uses a preliminary application stage followed by a full application stage.
Can funds go to organisations in mainland China?
No, the award excludes transfer of funds into mainland China.
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