Funded by the Wellcome Translational Partnership Award (TPA), this scheme enables early researchers to access funding to kickstart an independent career in translational research.

Awards up to the value of £5k, for projects of 3-9 months in duration. The Translation for Early Career Researchers (T4E) award is designed to support early career researchers gain pilot data for grant or fellowship applications to begin their independent translational research careers. T4E awards will be funded through the Wellcome TPA. The overall aim of the Translation Manchester Accelerator Awards (TMAA) call, to which this scheme belongs, is to facilitate progression of research projects along the translational pathway, unlocking bottlenecks, and bringing the University’s innovations closer to patient impact.

This scheme is now CLOSED. 

Please visit this page in the coming months for an update on the scheme. The information below relates to the last call and will apply to any new upcoming calls.

For further details on the scheme and instructions on how to apply please download the application brief and application form below. Additionally, answer to frequently asked questions can be found in the FAQs document for this year’s TMAA call.

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Previous T4E awards

This is a new scheme, however, Translation Manchester has supported early career researchers with a similar scheme, the Research Collaboration Funds (RCF), run by the former Centre for Academic Researcher Development (CARD). Details of previous projects funded by Translation Manchester within the RCF scheme in 2021 are provided below. T4E awards in 2023 and 2024 are also below.

Read about other funding opportunities by following the links below.