Deadline- 15 October 2013
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research is accepting proposals for biomedical research projects relevant to exploring the mechanisms for HIV persistence and the potential for HIV eradication. The objective of this program 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 eliminating HIV infection.
Areas of Interest-
- Determine the location of persistent reservoirs of HIV in tissues, cell subsets or within cells
- Determine the cellular and viral mechanisms that maintain HIV persistence
- Develop, compare, or validate assays to measure persistent infection
- Develop and test strategies to safely eliminate or control viral reservoir
Eligibility
- Institutions- Applications are accepted from nonprofit research institutions worldwide; applications are not accepted from individuals or for-profit entities.
- Principal investigators must-
- Hold a doctoral level degree
- 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
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