This funding supports the Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) program to strengthen HIV/AIDS research infrastructure and collaborations. It funds pilot studies, emerging research, and high-risk/high-impact projects aimed at ending the HIV epidemic domestically. The program emphasizes mentoring early-career investigators and leveraging economies of scale to translate basic research into new treatments, prevention, and cures.
Eligible applicants include a wide range of U.S. government entities, educational institutions, nonprofits, for-profit organizations, tribal governments, and other specified organizations including foreign institutions. Specific eligibility details are extensive and diverse.