Lead applicant career stage: Early-career researcher
Administering organisation location: UK, Republic of Ireland, Low- or middle-income countries (apart from India and mainland China)
Frequency: Apply anytime - Applications are accepted year-round
Location eligibility for this funding scheme is changing
From 29 October 2026, we will only accept applications from lead applicants based at eligible administering organisations in the UK and low- and middle-income countries in Africa, South Asia and South-East Asia. Any applications submitted to Wellcome on or before 28 October 2026 will be assessed under the current location eligibility requirements.
The primary goals of the Alliance Call for Trilateral Initiatives in Emerging Regions (T.I.E.R) are to promote academic cooperation with out-of-the-network research and education institutions in other continents, in support of capacity building.
The initiative encourages projects of all disciplines aimed at innovative regional immersion/integration including, among others, citizenship and urban studies, management of natural resources, public health, statistical capacity or data analysis.
The Call for Applications is OPEN.
We support research projects that produce rigorous, relevant, and impactful science, address global change, and actively involve citizen-scientist participants. We are shifting to a rolling request for proposals (RFPs) process, effective April 2026, and for projects to begin in 2028. We evaluate proposals based on scientific merit, appropriateness of citizen-scientist activities, expected project outcomes and impacts, safety, and logistics.
The Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes invites proposals for Global Humanities Institutes to take place in 2025. The deadline is December 15, 2023. With generous support from the Mellon Foundation, we expect to fund up to two institutes at the level of $200,000 each.
[A pdf version of this call can be downloaded here]
Overview of Global Humanities Institutes