Developmental Core
About
The mission of the San Diego Center for AIDS Research (SD CFAR) Developmental Core (Dev Core) is to promote emerging investigators and new initiatives to sustain impactful advances in HIV research. To accomplish this mission, the Dev Core will continue to provide funding, training, and other support to emerging investigators (i.e., those who have yet to achieve R01-level support).
The Dev Core remains nimble in its ability to respond to new funding opportunities through efficient processes and strategic planning activities. This Core has been pivotal in advancing scientists’ careers since 1994. To date, the Core has awarded over $12.7 million in Developmental grant funding. Remarkably, our grant recipients have leveraged this support to secure more than $350 million in subsequent funding and have generated over 1,600 publications based on their SD CFAR supported research.
The Developmental Core offers a range of services to support early-stage investigators and the broader research community. Our goal is to foster collaboration, innovation, and career development in HIV/AIDS research.
Services
The Developmental Core offers a range of services to support early-stage investigators and the broader research community. Our goal is to foster collaboration, innovation, and career development in HIV/AIDS research.
Funding Opportunities
- Developmental Grants:
- Developmental and Developmental x Clinical Investigation Grants: Up to $50,000 direct costs for one year for early stage (pre-R01) investigators or up to $30,000 for newly recruited, established investigators.
- Developmental x HWSPH Collaborative Grants: Up to $100K in direct costs for one year, to expand collaborations between SD CFAR members and HWSPH faculty.
- Next Generation Grants: Up to $10,000 in direct costs to support postdoctoral fellows at SD CFAR member institutions, including those funded through T32, D43, and R25 mechanisms.
- Kick Start Grants:
- Community Research Kick Start (CRKS) Grants: Up to $10K in direct costs to support workshops, planning meetings, symposia, or other activities that are designed to promote new science, foster new shared research activities, or support applied project development; community collaboration is required.
- Clinical Research Kickstart (CI-KS) Grants: Up to $10,000 direct costs intended to assist with analysis, presentation, and/or publication of existing clinical data (i.e. CNICS, EPIC) with focus on HIV and associated comorbidities.
- PROPEL Grants: Up to $5,000 direct costs to support writing projects resulting from SD CFAR Developmental Awards.
Grant application reviews conducted by assigned reviewers and evaluated by our Developmental Grant Review Committee.
Learning Opportunities
- Mock study sections through O-K Review
- Practice sessions for CROI and Research Day
- Training in career development and training video library
- An Archive of Investigator Development (AID) Repository
- Research Unplugged: A weekly seminar series targeting four tracks:
- Career Development
- Sociobehavioral Science / Implementation Science / Clinical Investigation
- Basic / Translational Science
- Workshops & Practice Track
- Office hours for Developmental grant applicants
- Onboarding sessions for newly awarded Developmental grant recipients
Collaborator Marketplace
SD CFAR Collaborator Marketplace for SD CFAR members (in progress).
SD CFAR Research Day
The Developmental Core also hosts an annual event showcasing research, creativity, and innovation across academic disciplines among our grant recipients and across our CFAR member institutions.
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