Deadline: 9 October 2015
The amfAR Foundation is announcing Innovation Grants for biomedical research projects relevant to exploring the mechanisms for HIV persistence and the potential for HIV eradication. amfAR wishes to support basic, pre-clinical, clinical, and especially translational research exploring the mechanisms whereby HIV infection persists; the chronic nature of viral reservoirs and latency; and barriers to the eradication of HIV, with the potential goal of ultimately curing HIV infection.
Areas of Interests
- Determine the location of persistent reservoirs of HIV in tissues, cell subsets or within cells
- Determine the cellular and viral mechanisms and kinetics that establish and/or maintain HIV persistence
- Develop, compare, or validate assays to measure persistent infection
- Develop and test strategies to safely eliminate or control viral reservoirs (in the absence of ART)
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are accepted from nonprofit research institutions worldwide; applications are not accepted from individuals or for-profit entities. However, although the Principal Investigator must be from the applicant institution, research teams may include members from, and budgets may include subcontracts or sub awards to for-profit entities.
- Principal investigators:
- Must hold a doctoral level degree
- Must be affiliated with the applicant institution
- If the proposal is a collaboration including subcomponent projects, the principal investigator will be expected to lead one of the component projects, coordinate the development, implementation and analysis of the projects as a whole, and be responsible for overall financial management, and the preparation and submission of required reports.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must download the application form via given website and submit it via mail at the address given on the website.
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