Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Introduction

Who We Are

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent private foundation dedicated to advancing the biomedical sciences by supporting research and other scientific and educational activities. Within this broad mission, BWF has two primary goals:

• To help scientists early in their careers develop as independent investigators

• To advance fields in the basic biomedical sciences that are undervalued or in need of particular encouragement

BWF makes grants primarily to degree-granting institutions on behalf of individual researchers, who must be nominated by their institutions. To complement these competitive award programs, BWF also makes grants to nonprofit organizations conducting activities intended to improve the general environment for science.

Contact Us

21 T.W. Alexander Drive
PO Box 13901
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
919-991-5100
info@bwfund.org
www.bwfund.org

Announcements

• Grant Program: Career Awards for Medical Scientists - Application deadline: October 1, 2010
• Grant Program: Career Awards at the Scientific Interface Preproposal deadline: September 1, 2010
• From BWF: Staffing the Lab: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Bench
• From BWF: Communicating Science: Giving Talks