Developmental Core

Myron Levin, MD,
Core Director

Linda Van Dyk, Ph.D.,
Core Co-Director

The primary purpose of the Developmental Core is to allocate resources to augment AIDS research efforts at component institutions. Emphasis is placed on support for interdisciplinary projects and infrastructure investments that will have a broad impact on AIDS research capabilities by recruiting new investigators, providing transitional funding to Junior Faculty, and facilitating the conduct of pilot studies.

The Developmental Core has three Specific Aims:

  1. To make major infrastructure or programmatic investments that will broadly facilitate interactions, capabilities, and/or efficiencies of the AIDS research community at the component institutions.
  2. To recruit outstanding new investigators with AIDS expertise to the faculties of the institution from outside institutions or from training programs within the institution.
  3. To provide initial funding for pilot and feasibility studies.

These funds might be used by junior investigators, by established investigators to explore novel areas of AIDS research, or by experienced investigators not previously involved in AIDS research.

The CFAR Research Development Fund provides support for three types of projects:

New Initiative Grant
To facilitate the recruitment of new faculty or investment in major new programs or infrastructure related to HIV research. In the case of new recruitments these grants can be used as matching funds with other institutional or philanthropic support. Funds may be used for salary support, supplies, and/or equipment. Preference will be given to proposals that involve multiple investigators and/or will facilitate new HIV-related research collaborations among productive groups.
Grants will be at the level of $60,000 for one year with the potential for renewal under certain circumstances.
Junior Faculty Grant
To facilitate the transition of trainees to faculty status. Funds may be used for salary supplementation, technical support, and/or supplies.
Grants will be at the level of $50,000 for one year with the potential for a second year under certain circumstances.
Pilot Project Grant
To support pilot or feasibility projects that will open a new area of investigation in an HIV-research laboratory or initiate HIV research in additional laboratories. These awards should be used to generate sufficient preliminary data to enable investigators to acquire external funding in the future.
Grants will be at the level of $30,000 for one year.

Follow this link to find out more about funding opportunities of the Developmental Core.