Pilot Award
The CFAR Pilot Award for Investigators New to HIV is currently being offered during the Fall 2022 UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP) Cycle, deadline September 26, 2022.
The Pilot Award for Investigators New to HIV is aimed for Investigators New to HIV (Assistant or Associate faculty, including clinical) without past or current HIV/SIV funding with an innovative research idea in translational, clinical, and/or behavioral-epidemiological HIV research. Pilot awards are typically used to initiate a project or to gather preliminary data and findings leading to a future grant application. International research projects are allowed.
Of high interest to CFAR are investigations ranging from basic pathogenesis to clinical outcomes in the research areas of HIV/aging and inflammation, latency, cure, vaccines, co-infections, HIV in women, implementation science, and research related to health disparities in HIV-infected and HIV-impacted Bay Area populations. Our CFAR Science Cores and Working Group are available to assist you in your research.
Eligibility
Junior or mid-level faculty members at UCSF or affiliated partner institutes (https://cfar.ucsf.edu/about/partners: Gladstone Institutes, Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco Department of Public Health, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center/NCIRE) may apply. Investigators may apply only if they are newly entering the field of HIV research. Investigators are not eligible for CFAR Pilot Funding if they have received any past HIV research funding from any agency.
Who is Not eligible: Postdoctoral fellows and full professors; staff Applicants without terminal degrees (e.g. PhD and MD).
Projects must be within NIH’s HIV/AIDS research high or medium priority areas. Projects in closely related areas (e.g. TB, HCV, drug use, etc.) must be clearly linked to HIV in order to be eligible for CFAR funding.
The award amount is $50,000 in direct costs for one year.
For more detailed information about this RFA, please see the RAP Portal.
To see examples of previously funded projects, see the list below.
Pilot Awardees
Spring
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Recipient: Hugh Sturrock , PhD, Assistant ProfessorAward mentor: Grant Dorsey, MD, Member, CFAR Scientific Council
Fall
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Recipient: Daniele Cary, PhD, Postdoctoral FellowAward mentor: Matija Peterlin, MD (Emeritus)
Spring
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Addressing Sexual Dysfunction in Anal Cancer Survivorship for HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With MenRecipient: Chia-Ching Wang, MD, Clinical Instructor
Fall
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Recipient: Ali Mirzazadeh, MD, PhD, Assistant ProfessorAward mentor: Kimberly Page, PhD, MPH
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Recipient: Marielle Cavrois, PhDAward mentor: Phillip Berman, PhD, Member, CFAR Scientific Council
Spring
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Recipient: Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, Wistar InstituteAward mentor: Satish Pillai, PhD, Senior Investigator, Viral Pathogenesis, Vitalant Research Institute
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Recipient: Judy Hahn, PhD, MA
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Recipient: Sulggi A. Lee, MD, PhD, Associate Professor In ResidenceAward mentor: Steven Deeks, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
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Recipient: Michael Reid, MD, Clinical fellowAward mentor: Phyllis Tien, MD
Fall
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Recipient: Adam Carrico, PhD
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Recipient: Cherilyn Elwell, PhD
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Recipient: John Metcalfe, MD, MPH
Fall
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Recipient: Jennifer Price, MD
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Recipient: Elvin Geng, MD, MPH, Former Director, CFAR Implementation Science Working Group (2016-2019)
Spring
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Recipient: Roland Krug, PhD
Spring
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Recipient: Paul Baum, MD, PhD
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Recipient: Jeffrey Milush, PhD, Director, Immunology Core
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Recipient: Janet Shim, PhD
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Recipient: Rui André Raposo, PhD
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Recipient: Adithya Cattamanchi, MD, MAS
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Recipient: Sheri Lippman, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor
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Recipient: Richard Dunham, PhD
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Recipient: Prasanna Jagannathan, MD, PhD
Fall
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Recipient: Elizabeth Fair, MD, PhD
Spring
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Recipient: Edwin Charlebois, MPH, PhD
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Recipient: Diane Binson, PhD
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Recipient: Kimberly Baltzell, PhD
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Recipient: Katerina Christopoulos, MD, MPH
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Recipient: Colette Auerswald, MD, MS
Fall
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Recipient: Marie-Claude Couture, PhD, MSc
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Recipient: J.Lucian Davis, MD, MAS
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Recipient: Okeoma Mmeje, MD, MPH, Post-Doctoral Scholar
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Recipient: Henri-Alexandre Michaud, PharmD, PhD
Spring
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Recipient: Margaret Feeney, PhD
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Recipient: Elizabeth Sinclair, PhD, Immunology Core Director
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Recipient: Elvin Geng, MD, MPH, Former Director, CFAR Implementation Science Working Group (2016-2019)
Spring
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Recipient: Khady Diouf, MD
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Recipient: Shari Dworkin, PhD, MS, Emeritus CFAR Mentor
Fall
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Recipient: Lishomwa Ndhlovu, MD, PhD
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Recipient: Lisa Dillabaugh, MD
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Recipient: John Metcalfe, MD, MPH
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Recipient: Steven Yukl, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF and VA Medical Center
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Recipient: Megan Huchko, MD, MPH
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Recipient: Devi SenGupta, MD
Spring
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Recipient: Carol Camlin, PhD, MPH, CFAR Mentor
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Recipient: Janet Turan, PhD, MPH
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Recipient: Shari Dworkin, PhD, MS, Emeritus CFAR Mentor
Fall
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Recipient: Sara Newmann, MD, MPH
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Recipient: Colette Auerswald, MD, MS
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Recipient: Priscilla Hsue, MD
Spring
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Recipient: Lishomwa Ndhlovu, MD, PhD
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Recipient: Adithya Cattamanchi, MD, MAS
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Recipient: Judy Hahn, PhD, MA
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Recipient: Francis Szoka, PhD
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Recipient: Lynda Frassetto, MD
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Recipient: Todd Margolis, MD, PhD
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Recipient: Gregory Lee, PhD
Spring
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Recipient: Phyllis Tien, MD
Spring
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Recipient: Rachel Owen, PhD
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Recipient: Khaoula Bourara, PhD
Spring
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Recipient: Lisa Butler, MPH, PhD
Spring
Spring
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Recipient: Peter Hunt, MD, Co-Director, UCSF-Gladstone CFAR
Spring
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Recipient: David Bangsberg, MD, MPH
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Recipient: Barbara Shacklett, PhD
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Recipient: David Bangsberg, MD, MPH
Spring
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Recipient: Gregory Greenwood, PhD, MPH
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Recipient: David Bangsberg, MD, MPH
Fall
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Recipient: Steven Deeks, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
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Recipient: Steven Deeks, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
Spring
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Recipient: Judith Aberg, MD
Spring
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Recipient: Jeffrey Martin, MD, MPH, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
Spring
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Recipient: Judith Aberg, MD
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Recipient: Paradi Mirmirani, MD
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Recipient: Frederick Hecht, MD, Member, CFAR Scientific Council
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Recipient: Steven Deeks, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
Fall
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Recipient: Steven Deeks, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
Spring
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Recipient: Kathleen Mulligan, PhD
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Recipient: Donald Abrams, MD