Burroughs Wellcome

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) is an American biomedical research foundation headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, that grants over $40 million annually to support early-career scientists and fields poised for significant advancement but currently undervalued—a mandate that encompasses avant-garde psychiatric pharmacology. The Fund traces its origins to Burroughs Wellcome Co., the US pharmaceutical subsidiary whose pioneering monoaminergic pharmacology research laid groundwork foundational to today’s psychedelic medicine field.