The Wolfson Foundation
Funds infrastructure rather than projects — laboratories, equipment, buildings and facilities for research in science, medicine, the humanities and the arts. The obvious place to look when the need is capital rather than staff time.
- Kind of funder
- Foundation or trust
- Where it funds
- UK-wide
- Indicative award size
- £50k – £3m
- Approx. annual research spend
- £40m
- Who can apply
- Universities, Research institutes, Charities & NGOs, NHS & healthcare providers
- Career stages
- Any stage
Capital and equipment funding — usually requires matched contributions.
Research areas
Named schemes (1)
Wolfson Foundation capital and equipment grants ↗
Funding for laboratories, research facilities and major equipment, usually alongside matched contributions. Two application rounds a year for most programmes.
Rolling / recurringCheck funder site for current round£50k – £3m per awardchecked 2026-05-01