DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance (India Alliance) is an independent, dynamic public charity that funds research in health and biomedical sciences in India. India Alliance invests in transformative ideas and supportive research ecosystems to advance discovery and innovation to improve health and well-being. India Alliance encourages diversity, inclusivity, and transparency in science and works to facilitate engagement of science with society. The Wellcome Trust and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) have established a new partnership with the goal to deliver a programme of research fellowship schemes aimed at supporting current and future leaders of Indian biomedical science.