The Funders

Researchers in Residence is delivered on behalf of Research Councils UK (RCUK) and the Wellcome Trust by AEA.

RCUK is the strategic partnership of the UK's seven Research Councils. Each year the Research Councils invest around £2.8 billion in research covering the full spectrum of academic disciplines from the medical and biological sciences to astronomy, physics, chemistry and engineering, social sciences, economics, environmental sciences and the arts and humanities. For more information on RCUK and the seven Research Councils visit www.rcuk.ac.uk

The Wellcome Trust funds innovative biomedical research, in the UK and internationally, spending over £600 million each year to support the brightest scientists with the best ideas. For more information on the Wellcome Trust visit www.wellcome.ac.uk