Henry Wellcome - The Wellcome Trust

The Wellcome Trust

After his death, Wellcome's will was able to contribute to the creation of a global foundation dedicated to improving human and animal health, called the Wellcome Trust. Over the course of the last 70 years, Wellcome's organization has become the largest charity in the UK, providing funding for focus areas such as biomedical science, Technology transfer, Public engagement and Bioethics. Grants and fellowships are available to recipients with goals of translating research into usable health products. The trust currently spends over $600 million a year in medical research training.

Newly started programs by the Wellcome Trust include the creation of research training programs for physicians wishing to pursue careers in academic medicine, which the trust started in October 2010. Also currently, the foundation supports clinicians' research to develop treatments for obesity using natural appetite suppression.