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

13 Awards

Award Recipient Award date Award Type
Inflammasome activation mediating TB-IRIS Babak Javid, PhD Spring Pilot Awards for Investigators New to HIV
Unmet need for PrEP among sero-discordant partners: Understanding barriers and facilitators to a partner-based PrEP referral program Lila Sheira, PhD, MPH Spring Mentored Scientist Award
Investigating Interleukin-2 variants to enhance the antiviral capacity of HIV-specific CD8+ T cells Rafael Tiburcio, PhD Spring Mentored Scientist Award
Fill in the blank: Methodology development for antibody detection during treatment interruption. Chao Wang, PhD Spring Mentored Scientist Award
Modulating the Interferon Effector HELZ2 to Target HIV Persistence Li Du, PhD Spring Mentored Scientist Award
Molecular mechanisms of patient adapted HIV-1 Vif antagonism of human APOBEC3H Yange Niu, PhD Fall Mentored Scientist Award
MIXED BARS: A MIXED Method Design for Behavioral Analysis of Risk Syndemics on Heavy Alcohol Consumption Study Thye Peng Ngo, PhD, RN Fall Mentored Scientist Award
Novel Multiplexed LC-MS/MS for Tissue Level Quantitation and Characterization of Broadly Neutralizing Anti- HIV- 1 Monoclonal Antibodies (bnAb) Mohammad Rahman, PhD Fall Mentored Scientist Award
Multiparametric single-cell spatial characterization of HIV-infected cells and immune responses from multiple gut compartments of people with HIV Marta Calvet-Mirabent, PhD Fall Mentored Scientist Award
Assessing the role of trusted adults in shaping young men’s HIV prevention behavior: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study Denny Mabetha, MSc Fall International Mentored Scientist Award
Assessing a role for the vaccinal effect in post-intervention control of HIV Julia Wagner, MD Fall Mentored Scientist Award
Extreme Weather Events, HIV, and mental health: Qualitative insights into the mechanisms of effect and adaptation strategies by Persons Living with HIV in Western Kenya Jacquelyne Odak, MPH Fall International 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 Sophia Zamudio-Haas, DrPH, MSc Spring Mentored Scientist Award
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