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Grant funding data 2019 to 2020.

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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 2019 to 30 September 2020
  • Funding trends over the past five years.
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  • Our grant portfolio has increased in total value by 38% to £5,150m since 2015/16.
  • Our international grant portfolio has grown by 128% to £1,586m since 2015/16.
  • 40% of the total funding committed over the past five years has been spent on our standard response funding mode schemes.
  • Application numbers have decreased by 47% to 3,584 since 2018/2019 due to the closure of several funding schemes.
  • Our funding is concentrated within a few organisations. 75% of our grant portfolio is held by 20 organisations, and 38% is held by the University of Oxford, the Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge and University College London
  • Success rates over the past four years are similar by gender (13% for men, 12.7% for women) but differ by ethnicity (8% for UK-based Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, 14% for UK-based White applicants).
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Grant funding data 2019-2020, map of funding by country.
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Pie chart showing grant portfolio value by type of support. £1586 million to Teams, £1928 million to People, £988 million to Places, £370 million to miscellaneous, £174 million to Resources, £104 million to seed funding
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Pie chart showing grant portfolio value by type of support. £1586 million to Teams, £1928 million to People, £988 million to Places, £370 million to miscellaneous, £174 million to Resources, £104 million to seed funding
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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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Bar chart to show Wellcome's grant portfolio value, 1 October 2015 to 2020. 2015 = £3725 million, 2016 = £3884 million, 2017 = £4374 million, 2018 = £4322 million, 2019 = £4586 million, 2020 = £5150 million
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Bar chart to show the gender of the 2019/20 advisory committee membership by division. Culture and society = 58% women, 38% male. Innovations = 44% women, 52% male. Priority areas = 43% women, 47% male. Science = 46% women, 51% male
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Bar chart to show percentage of awards made by gender over the last five years. 2016/17 = 58.1% men. 2017/18 = 53.7% men. 2018/19 = 58.4% men. 2019/20 = 53.7% men.
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