CFAR Funding Available Direct CFAR funding is available to enhance research opportunities for junior faculty and research (graduate and postdoctoral level) fellows. Concurrent with one of the program aims: promote novel, translational HIV research, is a goal to develop the next generation of AIDS researchers. The number of actual CFAR-directed grants is determined by the funding available in the current award cycle or program year. Our Center historically awards between $150,000 and $250,000 annually to eligible researchers at UCSF or affiliated with our partner institutes. CFAR offers two award mechanisms targeted at research with the potential to enhance the interfaces between basic and clinical, basic and behavioral-epidemiological, and/or clinical and behavioral-epidemiological sciences as outlined in our research mission. Current areas of AIDS research activities include, but are not limited to:
- The use and interpretation of assays required for surveillance of drug resistance in HIV;
- The planning and conduct of clinical and epidemiological research in HIV prevention vaccines, post-exposure prevention and primary HIV infection; and
- The planning, conduct and analysis of studies of clinical outcomes and disease pathogenesis among HIV-infected individuals on anti-retroviral therapy.
Pilot AwardsThis mechanism is aimed at junior investigators (assistant faculty, five years or less from academic appointment date), postdoctoral fellows and students seeking funding for an innovative research idea; those seeking money to initiate a project; or to gather preliminary data and findings to lead to a future grant effort. Grant amounts typically awarded under this mechanism total between $25K and $40K in direct costs. . Mentored Scientist AwardsThe Mentored Scientist award is targeted toward junior investigators (assistant faculty, five years or less), postdoctoral fellows and students who are working on multidisciplinary research projects intersecting at least two scientific disciplines within the scope of CFAR's research mission. The amount usually available for these studies is $40,000 in direct costs. Applicants for this award must indicate a mentor or mentors who will commit to guiding the applicant through the duration of the proposed research project. The mentor/mentors named cannot have supervisory authority over the applicant. . Developmental Award Recipients CFAR/Fogarty International AIDS Scientist Training ProgramThis program provides unique training opportunities to researchers who are working in or who are citizens of the target countries included within the University of California, Berkeley's Fogarty AITPR. Please review the CFAR/Fogarty AITPR page for program details, including eligibility, grant amounts, award criteria and current list of target countries. Applicants must be able to verify availability of training facilities prior to award. International Training Awards Table Supplemental Funding OpportunitiesEnd- of- fiscal year funds are typically directed toward emerging areas of HIV/AIDS research relevant to the institutes funding the national CFARs program. Proposal deadlines for these awards do not necessarily conform to the NIH's published submission schedule. Amounts for the last two fiscal cycles have ranged between $250K to $150K in direct costs and usually range from one to three years in length. Supplemental awards are funded under our current center grant and fiscally administered by our Administrative Core. CFAR Supplemental Awards Other Extramural Funding OpportunitiesCurrent External Funding Opportunities | 
