CFAR Funding Programs

CFAR provides direct funding for innovative and developmental research through programs administered by the Developmental Core. Explore all awards in in our online database.

From 2007-2022 we have distributed awards in excess of $12.3 MM for more than 280 research projects.

CFAR offers three types of Developmental Awards mechanisms: Mentored Science Award, International Mentored Scientist Award, and Pilot Award for Investigators New to HIV. Applications are administered through the RAP Allocation Program.

CFAR has made several strategic updates to Developmental Award programs, highlighted below:

  1. Award amounts have been increased for all CFAR programs (Mentored Scientist and Pilot Awards to $50,000 for one year and the International Mentored Science Award to $30,000 for one year.)
  2. The Basic Science program has been combined with the Mentored Scientist Program. 
  3. Eligibility Criteria have changed for the Mentored Scientist and Pilot Award Programs:
    • The Mentored Scientist Award program is targeted to early stage investigators (clinical or postdoctoral fellows or faculty at the assistant professor level or below).
    • The Pilot Award Program is now targeted to investigators who are new to HIV (assistant or associate faculty with no prior HIV funding).
  4. All projects must be within NIH’s HIV/AIDS research high or medium priority areas.

Active Award Programs

Program Developmental International Focus Supplemental
Maximum Award Amount $50,000 $30,000 $75K-$100,000+
Award Period 1 year 1 year 1 year
Mentored Scientist Award √    
Pilot Award for Investigators New to HIV √    
International Mentored Scientist Award   √  
Supplemental Awards (EHE, MPX, CFAR Administrative)     √

Recent Awards

9 Awards

Award Recipient Award date Award Type
Early Structural Cardiovascular Disease and HIV in East Africa Saate Shakil, MD, MS Fall Mentored Scientist Award
Characterizing delivery preferences and opportunities for implementing long-acting injectable cabotegravir and event-driven PrEP for transgender women in So Paulo, Brazil Neia Prata Menezes, PhD, MPH Fall Mentored Scientist Award
Evaluation of Monkeypox natural history among MSM living with HIV or currently on PrEP in San Francisco Franco Chevalier, MD Fall Supplemental & Previous Award Programs
Engagement in HIV prevention and preferences for long-acting injectable cabotegravir delivery in fishing communities along Lake Victoria, Kenya Holly Nishimura, PhD, MPH Spring Mentored Scientist Award
Social networks and their role in early initiation of antenatal care by HIV serostatus in Uganda Alison Comfort, PhD Spring Mentored Scientist Award
Adipose Tissue Alterations Related to HIV and Antiretroviral Therapy Diana Alba, MD Spring Low-Barrier
Empowering adolescent girls and young women with PrEP: Integrating linkages to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis into the Queen Club intervention in Tanzania Tracy Lin, PhD Spring Low-Barrier
Delivering long-acting HIV treatment and prevention for people with marginal housing, mental health, and substance use challenges Jennifer Velloza, PhD, MPH Spring Low-Barrier
Better together: Identifying strategies to manage HIV & stimulant use disorder in women's health primary care Ayesha Appa, MD Spring Low-Barrier
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