Wellcome Prize for Mental Health Science with Nature 2026

The Wellcome Prize for Mental Health Science with Nature 2026 awards a prize for developing new interventions to improve mental health, specifically for anxiety, depression and psychosis. It recognizes research teams and provides a platform for advancing interventions toward adoption and policy impact. The prize includes monetary awards and additional support to help progress towards policy integration.

US$1 million prize for the winner; US$250,000 for each of three runners-up; visibility, connections and practical support to help winning interventions progress towards adoption and policy integration.

Open to research teams developing new, effective interventions for anxiety, depression or psychosis.

Entries must be supported by high-quality data and evaluated on novelty, credibility, effectiveness and adoptability.