The DC CFAR is pleased to announce the Fall 2023 cycle of the Traditional Pilot Awards Program. The goal of this program is to provide pilot research funds of up to $75,000 to early stage and new HIV/AIDS investigators to collect preliminary data that will enable them to then compete successfully for NIH funding in HIV/AIDS as principal investigators. Please see the RFA for specific eligibility requirements. Pre-submission forms are due September 1st, 2023.

The Developmental Core recently hosted a Research Awards 101 Session to provide an overview of this program and services available to support applications. The recording and slides are available through these links.

For complete details about this opportunity, please visit our website. If you have any questions, please contact Lorena Segarra, Senior Research Program Manager.

Please save the date for the DC Center for AIDS Research Developmental Core one-day virtual grant writing workshop on Friday, September 8, from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm.

The Grant Training Center has designed a comprehensive day to assist you with writing and designing winning NIH proposals. The workshop will include activities and discussions around grant writing concepts, developing an application, writing specific aims, and more. The final agenda is forthcoming.

Space is limited for the workshop. Priority will be given to early-stage investigators, investigators who plan to apply for the upcoming DC CFAR pilot award cycle (for additional details on the Fall 2023 Traditional Pilot Awards, please review the RFA here), and DC CFAR Community Partnership Council members. Please make sure to register below for additional details including the Zoom information.

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Questions? Please contact Lorena Segarra at lsegarra@gwu.edu.

DC CFAR investigators were well-represented at the International AIDS Society Conference which was held in Brisbane, Australia from July 23-26. Please join us in congratulating the following investigators for presenting their work:

Natalie Howard (GW, Doctoral Student in the Bosque Lab) – "CD8 T cell counts negatively correlate with IL-15-mediated HIV reactivation ex vivo" (Oral Abstract session)

Rupa Patel (WW) – "Feasibility of Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir PrEP Initiation and Administration by Community Health" (Poster Presentation) and High Long-Term PrEP Retention Seen in a Community PrEP Specialist-Led Clinic at a Federally Qualified Health Center in Washington, D.C." (Poster Presentation)

Julie Pulerwitz (GW) – "Effects of a novel group-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention on stigma, psychosocial wellbeing and HIV service use among sexual and gender minorities in Nigeria.” (Oral Abstract Session)

Natella Rakhmanina (Children's National) – "Long Acting treatment in adolescents" (Plenary Talk); "'New Horizons' Study Results" (Panel Presentation); "Acceptability of LAI in Routine Adolescent HIV Care in USA: Understanding Youth Needs, Preferences and Motivation" (Panel Presentation); “Advancing HIV care for mothers and newborns: Exploring long-acting solutions” (Panel Presentation)

Are you presenting during the upcoming 2023 US Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA)?

Please let us know if you have had an abstract accepted. We would like to share this good news with your fellow DC CFAR investigators, including those who will also participate in USCHA 2023.

Please send the name of the presenting author and the title of the accepted abstract to cfarindc@gmail.com.

Click here for more information.