Grant funding data 2018 to 2019

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<p>Grant funding data 2018 to 2019.</p>

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This report provides data on the grants we've funded over the past year and funding trends for the past five years.

It includes the number and value of awards in our current grant portfolio, application and award rates, and who we've funded and where.

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  • facts and figures on our grant funding and grant recipients for the period 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019
  • funding trends over the past five years
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  • UK and international funders and policy makers
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  • Our grant portfolio has increased in total value by 31% to £4,586m since 2014/15.
  • Our international grant portfolio has grown by 88% to £1,245m since 2014/15.
  • 42% of the total funding committed over the past five years has been spent on our standard response mode schemes.
  • Application numbers have increased by 37% to 6,745 since 2014/15, but the number of awards has fallen by 3% to 1,134.
  • Our funding is concentrated within a few organisations. 76% of our grant portfolio is held by 20 organisations, and 41% is held by the University of Oxford, Sanger Institute, University of Cambridge and University College London
  • Applicant success rates are similar by gender (18% for women, 17% for men) but differ by ethnicity (18% for white applicants, 15% for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants).
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Infographic showing the distribution of our grant portfolio between different areas of activity. £1280 million to infectious disease, £1032 million to Genomics, genetics and epigenetics. £827 million to development and ageing. £712 million to cross-area activities. £605 million to neuroscience and mental health. £477 million to population, environment and health. £165 million to cultural and social contexts of health. £52 million to public engagement.
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Infographic showing the distribution of our grant portfolio between different areas of activity. £1280 million to infectious disease, £1032 million to Genomics, genetics and epigenetics. £827 million to development and ageing. £712 million to cross-area activities. £605 million to neuroscience and mental health. £477 million to population, environment and health. £165 million to cultural and social contexts of health. £52 million to public engagement.
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Infographic showing our active grant portfolio has grown by 31% in value (from £3,502m to £4,586m) and 11% in number of grants (from 3,123 to 3,470) over the past five years.
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This report provides data on the grants we've funded over the past year and funding trends for the past five years.
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Wellcome Trust Annual Report and Financial Statements 2019

See our list of Wellcome grants awarded 1 October 2005 to 31 March 2020.

This spreadsheet has been created using the 360Giving data standard. The work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence, which means the data is freely available to anyone to be used and shared as they wish. The data must be attributed to Wellcome.

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