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APPLICATION and INSTRUCTIONS

The next application due date is 5:00 pm, Tuesday, April 1, 2025.  Please refer to the Eligibility Criteria before applying.

Click the links below to download the current instructions and application form.

 

PLEASE NOTE: SD CFAR is only offering one submission cycle per year, offering a maximum of two grants to allow more time for individual outreach and training. 

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TOPICS

You are welcome to propose a research project on virtually any aspect of HIV prevention, risk, transmission, or treatment. Observational studies are welcome, but any studies involving interventions or clinical trials are prohibited. 

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OPTIONAL

Email a one-page letter of intent summarizing your project up to one month before the application due date. Please let us know if you already have an SD CFAR Collaborator or if you would like us to help you find one. Feel free to ask any questions. We will review your letter, respond to your questions, and notify you if we have any concerns about your proposed research. 

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SUGGESTED TIMELINE
IF USING CORE SERVICES

Ideal Date
Activity
By
January 3, 2025
  • Submit a Letter of Intent to cfar@ucsd.edu ONLY IF you anticipate needing help from our Service Cores, like Biostatistics and Modeling (BAM) Core services.
    • Biostatistical advice will be much more helpful while you develop your research plan rather than after your proposal has been written.
  • Identify a SD CFAR Collaborator.
    • Please contact cfar@ucsd.edu if you need assistance and/or review the list of current and past SD CFAR collaborators for each country provided here.
       
  • Download the pilot grant instructions and application form from the SD CFAR webpage and begin assembling your application with your SD CFAR Collaborator and the BAM Core if needed.
On/by March 1, 2025

Your SD CFAR Collaborator reviews and submits your draft International Pilot Grant proposal to SD CFAR service core contact(s) ONLY IF you need core services. Be sure to copy cfar@ucsd.edu in any correspondence.

NOTE: This is the latest date at which our services cores can promise engagement.

On/by
April 1, 2025

Submit your final International Pilot Grant application to cfar@ucsd.edu.

Questions?

Please email us if you have questions about the application due date or the application form.

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