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External experts act as members of our advisory committees and provide us with written peer reviews.</p> <h3>Advisory committees</h3> <p>View a list of the <a href="/web/20180330200125/https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/funding-advisory-committees">advisory committees</a> that shortlist and interview people who have applied for funding. </p><h3>Peer reviewers</h3> <p>We recognise the burden of peer review on the research communities, and are extremely grateful to those people listed below who have provided us with their expert reviews during 2017.</p> <ul><li> <span class="file file__download--inline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180330200125/https://wellcome.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Peer-reviewers-website-2017.xlsx">Peer reviewers 2017 <span class="file-size">[XLSX 132KB]</span></a></span></li></ul><h2 id="related-reports-and-documents">Related reports and documents</h2> <ul><li> <span class="file file__download--inline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180330200125/https://wellcome.ac.uk/sites/default/files/wellcome-trust-annual-report-and-financial-statements-2017.pdf">Wellcome Trust Annual Report and Financial Statements 2017 <span class="file-size">[PDF 1.5MB]</span></a></span></li><li> <span class="file file__download--inline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180330200125/https://wellcome.ac.uk/sites/default/files/wellcome-trust-group-tax-strategy-feb-2018.docx">Wellcome Trust Group tax strategy <span class="file-size">[DOCX 17KB]</span></a></span></li><li> <span class="file file__download--inline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180330200125/https://wellcome.ac.uk/sites/default/files/wellcome-gender-pay-gap-report-2017.pdf">Wellcome's gender pay gap report <span class="file-size">[PDF 233KB]</span></a></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="wt-grid-right wt-grid-section-right"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180330200125/https://wellcome.ac.uk/what-we-do/reports" class="promo__button">Read our latest annual report and financial statements</a><div class="promo promo--light"> <h3 class="promo__title">Sign up to our newsletter</h3> <div class="promo__content"> <div class="js-only promo__form__container"> <div class="promo__intro__text__container"> <p>Get the latest news by email about Wellcome and the work we fund.</p> </div> <div class="client-form__success"> <p>Thank you. 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