The Wellcome Data Science Ideathon is a competition that will have teams compete to propose data science solutions to tackle three urgent health challenges: mental health, infectious diseases, and climate and health.
The Ideathon is open to student teams and researcher teams. All team members must be affiliated with a Higher Education Institution (HEI) or research institute in the UK.
Teams can apply to the Ideathon as either:
- Student Teams comprised of 3-5 postgraduate students, Masters or PhD.
- Researcher Teams comprised of 3-5 researchers at any career stage.
The Event: Around 25 teams will be selected as semi-finalists to compete in the event at Wellcome’s offices in central London on 10-12 July 2023.
Prizes: 10 teams will be selected as finalists and will be eligible to win one of the prizes or grants described in ‘Prizes and awards‘.
- Student teams selected as finalists are eligible for cash prizes of up to £3,000 per team member.
- Researcher teams selected as finalists are eligible for one-year grants* up to £120,000.
Key dates
- 30 April 2023: Applications closes
- 21 May 2023: Complete follow-up application survey
- By 16 June 2023: Semi-finalist decisions released
- 26 June 2023: Full challenges released to semi-finalists
- 10-12 July 2023: Ideathon event