Supplemental support and funding will be provided to facilitate the growth of emerging HIV investigators conducting interdisciplinary research. These include:

1. Investigator Pilot Awards for junior investigators seeking either K-series or their first R01 awards and senior investigators who have never been funded to work on HIV before who can contribute to interdisciplinary research.

2. Partner Pilot Awards to support funding proposals that are co-led by an academic and an external partner.

3. D-CFAR Enhancement Funds that supplement pilot funding obtained from other intramural sources when they address HIV to leverage institutional resources.

Learn more about these awards on our funding page.

The Midwest D-CFAR structured multicomponent mentoring program focuses systematic and personalized attention on emerging HIV investigators. The program nurtures a community of emerging investigators through events such as the HIV Works-in-Progress (HIP) Seminar and career mentoring, which can complement existing scientific mentoring.

HIV Proposal Bootcamp is an annual event in which individuals developing HIV-related grant proposals can receive rapid feedback and grant writing support from more experienced researchers through a series of six or more “lightning consultations” in a single day. 

Our monthly HIP seminar is designed to enhance mentoring and peer-to-peer connections among emerging HIV investigators, supporting their career development and helping them successfully obtain their first R01 awards. Early-stage investigators are invited to present on a current HIV-related research project or grant proposal that they would like feedback on. Sessions are held each month virtually on Zoom. Fill out this form to express your interest in presenting at a future session. A list of past presentations is available here.

THiS Studios are small gatherings of diverse scholars to discuss and address interdisciplinary problems related to HIV. Please contact us if you have a research idea you would like to explore in a studio.

This annual event aims to bring attention to mentorship and mentored research, with a mentorship expert speaker, award presentations to recognize excellent mentees and mentors, and an interactive workshop for building mentoring skills. 

The Developmental Core supports two investigators a year to attend the highly regarded "Mentoring-the-Mentors Workshop for HIV Researchers" held annually at a national CFAR meeting and led by Dr. Monica Gandhi from the University of California, San Francisco.