{"id":18196,"date":"2026-04-15T15:17:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/?p=18196"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:17:22","slug":"apply-to-observe-a-wellcome-funding-advisory-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2026\/04\/15\/apply-to-observe-a-wellcome-funding-advisory-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply to Observe a Wellcome Funding Advisory Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"x_Signature\" class=\"x_elementToProof\">\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Are you planning to apply for a Wellcome grant in the next two years?<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">If so, Wellcome offers the opportunity to observe funding advisory committees.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Applications for 2026 are now open. and will close on 11 May 2026.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><b><i>Why be a committee observer<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>When you\u2019re a committee observer, you can watch how Wellcome assesses grant applications. This can help give you a better understanding of how Wellcome works before you submit your own application. Observers will gain understanding of:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"x_Signature\" class=\"x_elementToProof\">\n<ul data-editing-info=\"{&quot;applyListStyleFromLevel&quot;:true}\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\">how committees use Wellcome&#8217;s assessment criteria<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\">how different aspects of the application are considered during assessment.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Wellcome also encourages observers to share their experience with other potential applicants.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Observers will attend meetings online for half a day, watching the discussion of applications.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Applications to be a committee observer are open once a year.\u00a0 Applications are then held for the following 12 months, so it may be some time before you are contacted and invited to observe.<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_Signature\" class=\"x_elementToProof\">\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">For further details and to apply, please see Wellcome&#8217;s website at:\u00a0<a id=\"OWAd37de582-2b8b-208c-8c98-c90e20b50299\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/wellcome.org\/research-funding\/guidance\/prepare-to-apply\/apply-observe-Wellcome-funding-advisory-committee. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwellcome.org%2Fresearch-funding%2Fguidance%2Fprepare-to-apply%2Fapply-observe-Wellcome-funding-advisory-committee&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAlison.Brown%40newcastle.ac.uk%7Cdcf2601d63a74e0e5dc408de9acd8b0e%7C9c5012c9b61644c2a91766814fbe3e87%7C1%7C0%7C639118404768769270%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=G8KUO7vu0fD6C%2B%2BmQ%2BIGFDVc9rPR3oIfJRdyoRII%2BTM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Apply to observe a Wellcome funding advisory committee | Prepare to Apply | Wellcome<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">For those that are able to observe a funding advisory committee, the Research Funding Development Team would be interested to hear about your experience.\u00a0 Please do get in touch if you are happy to share this with us.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you planning to apply for a Wellcome grant in the next two years? If so, Wellcome offers the opportunity to observe funding advisory committees&#8230;. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2026\/04\/15\/apply-to-observe-a-wellcome-funding-advisory-committee\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11659,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1224,1223],"class_list":["post-18196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","tag-committee-observer","tag-wellcome-funding-advisory-committee"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18197,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18196\/revisions\/18197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}