Wellcome

Wellcome Trust

Foundation

British foundation for health research. Wellcome funds mental health science as one of three focus areas. Most schemes require an organisation in the UK, the Republic of Ireland or a low- or middle-income country; individual calls are open to organisations anywhere in the world.

Grants

Climate Impacts Awards: Unlocking urgent climate action by making the health effects of climate change visible New

Wellcome

Clinical/health

Transdisciplinary teams with “strong climate and health knowledge (including meteorological) and relevant economic expertise”, on the impacts of climate change on physical and mental health.

Annual call on the health effects of climate change: up to £2.5 million per award over up to three years, with around 10 to 15 awards expected. The administering organisation may be anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China).

Next deadline: unclear

Deadline: Annual call (“Frequency: Annual”); currently “Closed to applications” (as of 31 July 2026). The page states no date for the next round.

Funding amount: Up to £2.5 million per award

Target group: Research teams led by a mid-career or established researcher (“Mid-career researcher, Established researcher”). Administering organisation location: “Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China)” — Austria is not excluded. Co-applicants are required.

Career stage: R3 R4

Apply from: no restriction

First discovered: 31.07.2026

Website: wellcome.org

KlimaGesundheitsforschungPublic Health

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Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31

Mental Health Award: Transforming early intervention for anxiety, depression and psychosis in young people New

Wellcome

PsychologyClinical/health

“This funding is focused on psychological and/or social interventions only”, for anxiety, depression and psychosis; any discipline relevant to mental health science.

Two-stage call on early intervention for anxiety, depression and psychosis in young people: £200,000 for the Foundation Phase and £5 to £8 million for the Impact Phase. The call asks for a definitive effectiveness study of a psychological and/or social intervention.

Next deadline: unclear

Deadline: One-off call (“Frequency: One-off”); currently “Closed to applications” (as of 31 July 2026).

Funding amount: £200,000 for the Foundation Phase and £5 million to £8 million for the Impact Phase

Target group: Research teams led by an established researcher, “From any relevant discipline”. Administering organisation location: “Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China)” — Austria is not excluded. Note this is a different condition from where the work happens: “The research must take place in the UK or a low- and middle-income country (LMIC)”. Co-applicants are required.

Career stage: R3 R4

Apply from: no restriction

First discovered: 31.07.2026

Website: wellcome.org

Mental HealthFrühinterventionPsychoseJugendliche

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Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31

Mental Health Award: Using physical activity and circadian-based interventions to reduce anxiety and depression in young people New

Wellcome

Clinical/health

Mental health science, plus “the science of circadian systems and/or physical activity”; applicants “from any relevant discipline”.

Call for research teams on physical-activity and circadian-based interventions against anxiety and depression in young people. Wellcome expects to make 5 to 10 awards. The administering organisation may be anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China); the interventions themselves must take place in the UK and/or Africa.

Next deadline: unclear

Deadline: One-off call (“Frequency: One-off”); currently “Closed to applications” (as of 31 July 2026). The page states no new date.

Funding amount: £1-4 million per grant

Target group: Research teams led by an established researcher, “from any relevant discipline”. The administering organisation may sit anywhere — “Administering organisation location: Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China)” — so an Austrian organisation is not excluded. Note: “Interventions must take place in the UK and/or Africa”, which is where the work happens, not where the applicant sits. Co-applicants are required.

Career stage: R3 R4

Apply from: no restriction

First discovered: 31.07.2026

Website: wellcome.org

Mental HealthDepressionAngstJugendliche

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Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31

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