The Wellcome Trust is a charitable foundation focused on health research based in London, in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1936 with legacies from the pharmaceutical magnate Henry Wellcome (founder of one of the predecessors of GlaxoSmithKline) to fund research to improve human and animal health. The aim of the Trust is to "support science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone." It had a financial endowment of £29.1 billion in 2020, making it the fourth wealthiest charitable foundation in the world. In 2012, the Wellcome Trust was described by the Financial Times as the United Kingdom's largest provider of non-governmental funding for scientific research, and one of the largest providers in the world. According to their annual report, the Wellcome Trust spent GBP £1.1Bn on charitable activities across their 2019/2020 financial year. According to the OECD, the Wellcome Trust's financing for 2019 development increased by 22% to US$327 million.
Le Wellcome Trust est une fondation caritative en médecine dont le siège est en Grande-Bretagne. Au , ses actifs nets se montaient à 15,1 milliards de livres sterling. La mission générale du Wellcome Trust consiste à « encourager et promouvoir la recherche dans le but d'améliorer la santé de l'homme et des animaux » ; au-delà de son financement dans la recherche biomédicale, un soutien est donné à la compréhension de la science par le grand-public. En termes d'avoirs, c'est la seconde plus riche après la Fondation Bill-et-Melinda-Gates.
Der Wellcome Trust ist eine gemeinnützige Treuhand mit Sitz in London. Sie wurde 1936 gegründet, um das Erbe des Burroughs Wellcome & Company-Mitbegründers Henry Wellcome zu verwalten. Erklärtes Ziel ist die „Forschung zu fördern, um die Gesundheit von Mensch und Tier zu verbessern“. Er ist, nach der Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, die weltweit zweitreichste Stiftung, die medizinische Forschung fördert, und hatte 2018 ein Vermögen von 26 Milliarden Euro.
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