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Funding Opportunities in Medical Humanities

Funding Opportunities in:

Medical History & Humanitiesat the Wellcome Trust

Nils Fietje

Fay Bound-Alberti

4 May 2012

• An independent research-funding charity

• Established 1936

• Funded from private endowment

• Managed for long-term stability and growth

• Interests range from science to history of medicine

Who we are

Strategic Plan 2010-20

• One vision

• Three focus areas

• Five challenges

Our Vision

“To achieve extraordinary improvements in human and

animal health”

“To support the brightest minds in biomedical

research and the medical humanities.”

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Our Mission

Three focus areas…

• Supporting outstanding researcherssupporting the best researchers at all stages of their careers; creating the best research environments; influencing the policy landscape

• Accelerating the application of researchstimulating Technology Transfer, clinical research and uptake to policy & practice

• Exploring medicine in historical and cultural contexts

fostering medical humanities, education & public engagement

Five major challenges…

• Maximising the health benefits of genetics and genomics

• Understanding the brain

• Combating infectious diseases

• Investigating development, ageing & chronic disease

• Connecting environment, nutrition and health

Medical History & HumanitiesAims

To enable bold and expansive research that addresses important questions at the interface of science, medicine and the humanities.

To focus funding on fewer, larger grants and continue to support a number of personal awards (Research Fellowships, University Awards).

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Medical History & HumanitiesRemit

• The research we fund should develop our understanding of the impact of medicine and medical sciences on human and animal health

• Research must be historically grounded, drawing, where appropriate, on wider disciplines, in particular the humanities (e.g.: Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, etc.)

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Delivering the strategy

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Main grant types:

• Strategic Awards• Investigator Awards• Personal Awards • Small Grants

Major Overseas Programmes

Focus countries

Other eligible countries

Geographic eligibility

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Strategic Awards inMedical Humanities

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• Large-scale initiatives or research programmes that engage with 5 strategic challenges and/or explore medicine in its social, historical & cultural context

• Flagship projects for established groups with strong track records

• Competing with projects from all areas of the Trust’s interests

• Highly competitive, even at preliminary stage. Get in touch!

Investigator Awards in Medical Humanities, Ethics & Society

• New and Senior Investigator Awards• Joint Investigator Awards are possible• Triage and interview• Awarded on vision & track record but must be

methodologically sound• Flexible duration, flexible budgets: the research

question should drive application

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Lessons from the first round…

• 8 grants funded: 4 in MHH, 4 in E&S• Sanjoy Bhattacharya, University of York: The local bases of

global health• Susan Golombok, University of Cambridge: Future families

• Methodology is key• Need to address a mixed audience• Presentation: 3 slides to tell your story• New Investigators: we want more!

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University Awards

• Very successful and prestigious scheme

• Applicants cannot be in an established academic post

• The university guarantees a permanent post at the end of the award

• Up to 5 years support, providing full salary for three years, 50% in the fourth year and 25% in the fifth year

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Fellowship Awards

• Includes an interview stage• We expect candidates to have

completed their PhD at the point of application

• Try to have published something from your PhD

• Up to 3 years support

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• Enables clinicians, scientists, or nurses to undertake full-time research at a centre or department with academic expertise in medical humanities, biomedical ethics, or the health-related social sciences

• Provides the salary of a locum or replacement lecturer for the duration of the award

Research Leave Awards for Health Care Professionals/Scientists

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Committee Structure for MH&E Grants

MHH ERG

E&S ERG

MH&HFellows IC

E&SFellows IC

Medical HumanitiesSelection Panel

IA applications, peer-reviewedFellowship & UA applications

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Peer-review

Peer-review

Assessment Process for IAs

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Optional CV

details check

Main application submission

Expert Review Group

review & short-listing(2 ERGs – MHH and

E&S)

External peer

review

Selection Panel

Interviews

Important Dates (1st Round)

Investigator Awards

Deadline Fellowships & University Awards

22nd July, 2012 CV Check/Prelim 20th June, 2012

2nd September, 2012 Full Application 1st August, 2012

1st week November, 2012

ERG 1st week November, 2012

1st week February, 2013

Selection Panel / Interview Committee

1st week December, 2013

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Important Dates (2nd Round)

Investigator Awards

Deadline Fellowships & University Awards

NONE CV Check/Prelim 2nd December, 2011

NONE Full Application 1st February, 2012

NONE ERG 1st week May, 2012

NONE Selection Panel / Interview Committee

3rd week June, 2012

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PhD Studentships

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• Provides a stipend and research expenses

• For the full 3 years – must apply before you begin your studies

Master’s Studentships

• Supports Master’s courses in HoM or MedHum at any university with a HoM or MedHum Master’s programme

• Expected excellent upper 2:1 undergraduate degree

• Pays for fees and stipend

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• £5,000 to facilitate medical humanities research• Can fund small-scale projects such as scoping exercises, workshops,

conferences, symposia, lectures series, etc.• Can pay for research expenses for a larger research project• Does not necessarily have to be historically grounded• Should have a distinct output

Small Grants

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Wellcome Trust POST Fellowships

• Available to WT-funded final year doctoral students or early-stage postdocs to spend 3 months at POST

People & Society Awards•People < £30k, Society > £30k•Exhibitions•Events & debates•Education projects •Drama productions•Films•Festivals (Science, History & Literature)

Public Engagement Grants

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Arts Awards• Two schemes: Small <£30k, Large >£30k• Dance, drama, performance arts, visual arts, music, film,

craft, photography, creative writing or digital media• Projects must involve creation of new work

Broadcast Development Awards• Seed funding for getting early-stage ideas for

TV, radio or new media projects to a ‘pitchable’ stage

Public Engagement Grants

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Wellcome Library

http://library.wellcome.ac.uk

Wellcome Collection

http://www.wellcomecollection.org

Wellcome Trust Book Prize

http://www.wellcomebookprize.org

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n.fietje@wellcome.ac.uk f.bound-alberti@wellcome.ac.uk

www.wellcome.ac.uk/medicalhumanities

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