Funding opportunities primarily for faculty-level foreign investigators from resource-limited countries. Collaboration with a UCSD CFAR investigator is required.
Pilot grantsup to $40,000 for one year to conduct HIV/AIDS research in Brazil, India, Mexico, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
Travel grants up to $3000 from San Diego to a foreign country or $5000 from a foreign country to San Diego in support of joint research projects and/or publications on HIV/AIDS in resource-limited settings. Foreign investigators must be from resource-limited countries.
Visiting Scholars grants up to $30,000 for one year to conduct HIV/AIDS research in San Diego, working directly with a CFAR investigator. Available only to foreign investigators from resource-limited countries.
Specialized administrative services that will enhance currently existing collaborations between the CFAR research community and investigators working in resource-limited settings. Examples include assistance with establishing federalwide assurances, translation of documents, development of protocols, informed consent forms and surveys, and mentoring of junior investigators who are interested in developing a research portfolio in developing countries with high HIV/AIDS burdens.
An Annual Research Day, which presents the latest news and research in HIV/AIDS treatment and public health. The third in this annual series was held on September 10, 2009 and was attended by more than 100 participants. Keynote speakers included Drs. Roberto Badaró, Constance Benson, and Joseph Vinetz.
