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- The National Institutes of Health in the education food and nutrition health income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Centers for AIDS Research and Developmental Centers for AIDS Research (P30)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants 93.279 Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs 93.393 Cancer Cause and Prevention Research 93.394 Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research 93.395 Cancer Treatment Research 93.396 Cancer Biology Research 93.399 Cancer Control 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research 93.838 Lung Diseases Research 93.839 Blood Diseases and Resources Research 93.847 Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research 93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research 93.856 Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training 93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research 93.866 Aging Research 93.989 International Research and Research Training.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 3, 2014 and posted on Dec 17, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 28, 2016. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $750,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Small businesses For profit organizations other than small businesses Special district governments State governments Independent school districts Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities City or township governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Private institutions of higher education Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) County governments Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification) Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
- Other Eligible Applicants include the following Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs) Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government Faith based or Community based Organizations Hispanic serving Institutions Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized) Regional Organizations Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) U.S. Territory or Possession Non domestic (non U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply. Non domestic (non U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Centers for AIDS Research and Developmental Centers for AIDS Research (P30) opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number PAR 14 041) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary grant program designed to strengthen and accelerate HIV/AIDS research by funding institutional centers that provide shared infrastructure rather than standalone research projects. The central aim is to support a coordinated, collaborative environment where investigators can access administrative help and specialized research resources that are difficult to build or sustain through individual investigator-initiated awards. In practical terms, this program funds the kind of backbone support that makes multiple HIV-focused studies more efficient, more integrated, and more competitive, especially when research teams span different departments, disciplines, and stages of the research pipeline.
Applications are invited for two closely related center types: standard Centers for AIDS Research (CFARs) and Developmental CFARs (D CFARs). Both models are intended to provide core facilities, expertise, services, and shared resources that enable high-quality HIV/AIDS research across an institution or consortium. A standard CFAR generally reflects a more established, mature center with a broader base of HIV research activity and the organizational capacity to run multiple cores and programs. A Developmental CFAR, by contrast, is meant for institutions or groups that are still building toward that level; it supports the development of the scientific community, governance, and core capabilities needed to eventually compete successfully for a standard CFAR. The developmental mechanism is essentially a bridge, helping an emerging center organize its investigators and resources into a structure that can sustain a larger, longer-term CFAR program.
A defining feature of the program is its emphasis on collaboration and integration. NIH highlights interdisciplinary work, particularly strong linkages between basic science and clinical research, and a clear focus on translational research that moves discoveries between the laboratory and the clinic in both directions. The program also stresses inclusion in several ways: bringing in investigators from diverse backgrounds, expanding participation among newer or underrepresented researchers, and ensuring that prevention science and behavioral and social research are meaningfully incorporated alongside biomedical approaches. Taken together, the program encourages centers to function as hubs where discovery, clinical implementation, and prevention-oriented research reinforce one another, rather than operating in isolated silos.
From an operational standpoint, the P30 center structure typically revolves around administrative support and shared core resources. While the specific cores are proposed by applicants based on local strengths and needs, the intent is consistent: provide centralized services that multiple research teams can use, such as research administration, clinical or laboratory support functions, data or methods expertise, regulatory and coordination assistance, and other shared capabilities that raise the quality and productivity of the institution's HIV/AIDS research portfolio. This approach is meant to reduce duplication, improve standardization, and make it easier for investigators to launch new studies, collaborate across disciplines, and respond quickly to scientific opportunities.
Key administrative details in the announcement include an award ceiling of $750,000 and no cost-sharing or matching requirement. The opportunity was posted December 17, 2013, created January 3, 2014, and had a closing date of July 28, 2016 (with an archive date of August 28, 2016). Although those dates indicate the specific announcement cycle is historical, the summary remains useful for understanding how NIH structures CFAR center support and what the program prioritizes in center-based HIV/AIDS research infrastructure.
Eligibility is broad across domestic entities and reflects NIH's interest in supporting a wide range of institutions capable of building effective HIV research centers. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education, nonprofits (including 501(c)(3) organizations), state and local governments (including counties, cities or townships, special districts), independent school districts, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, and certain tribal governments and tribal organizations. For-profit organizations, including small businesses and other for-profit entities, are also listed as eligible applicants. The announcement further clarifies that additional eligible applicants can include a variety of designated institutions and community-focused organizations, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs), as well as faith-based or community-based organizations and U.S. territories or possessions. Foreign institutions are not eligible to apply, and non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations are not eligible; however, foreign components (as NIH defines them in its policy) are allowed, which can matter for centers that include specific international collaborations under a U.S.-led application.
The announcement is tied to multiple CFDA numbers spanning a wide set of biomedical and behavioral research areas (including infectious diseases, microbiology, mental health, drug abuse, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, child health, aging, and international research and training). This broad mapping reflects how HIV/AIDS research intersects with many fields and NIH Institutes and Centers, and it signals that CFAR-supported work often spans co-infections, comorbidities, prevention, behavioral health, and cross-cutting methods and infrastructure.
Overall, this FOA supports the creation or strengthening of an organized, center-based platform for HIV/AIDS research, with a strong expectation that the funded center will improve collaboration, expand access to shared resources, accelerate translation from discovery to patient and community impact, and build a diverse and connected investigator community. Standard CFARs aim to sustain and expand established hubs, while Developmental CFARs are meant to help emerging hubs build the capacity and cohesion needed to become competitive for a full standard CFAR in the future.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the CFAR / Developmental CFAR (P30) funding opportunity (PAR 14 041)?
This opportunity is an NIH discretionary grant program that funds institutional Centers for AIDS Research (CFARs) and Developmental Centers for AIDS Research (D CFARs) under the P30 center mechanism. Its purpose is to strengthen and accelerate HIV/AIDS research by supporting shared infrastructure at an institution or consortium, rather than funding standalone research projects.
2) What is the main goal of this program?
The central aim is to support a coordinated, collaborative environment where investigators can access administrative support and specialized research resources that are difficult to build or sustain through individual investigator-initiated awards. In practical terms, it funds the backbone support that makes multiple HIV-focused studies more efficient, more integrated, and more competitive.
3) Does this grant fund individual research projects?
No. The program is designed to fund institutional center infrastructure (shared resources, cores, and administration) rather than individual, standalone research projects.
4) What kinds of applicants are invited to apply?
Applications are invited for two closely related center types: (1) standard Centers for AIDS Research (CFARs) and (2) Developmental CFARs (D CFARs). Both are intended to provide core facilities, expertise, services, and shared resources that enable high-quality HIV/AIDS research across an institution or consortium.
5) What is the difference between a standard CFAR and a Developmental CFAR?
A standard CFAR generally reflects a more established, mature center with a broader base of HIV research activity and the organizational capacity to run multiple cores and programs. A Developmental CFAR is intended for institutions or groups still building toward that level and supports development of the scientific community, governance, and core capabilities needed to eventually compete successfully for a standard CFAR.
6) What does it mean that a Developmental CFAR is a "bridge"?
It means the Developmental CFAR mechanism supports an emerging center as it organizes investigators and resources into a cohesive structure that can sustain a larger, longer-term CFAR program and become competitive for a future standard CFAR.
7) What is the program’s emphasis on collaboration and integration?
A defining feature is the emphasis on collaboration and integration across disciplines. NIH highlights interdisciplinary work, strong linkages between basic science and clinical research, and translational research that moves discoveries between the laboratory and the clinic in both directions.
8) How does this FOA define or prioritize translational research?
The FOA stresses translational research with bidirectional movement of discoveries between the lab and the clinic. The expectation is that center structure and shared resources help research findings move toward clinical implementation and, in turn, that clinical insights inform laboratory investigation.
9) What does the program say about prevention science and behavioral/social research?
The program stresses ensuring that prevention science and behavioral and social research are meaningfully incorporated alongside biomedical approaches, rather than being isolated from them.
10) How does this program address inclusion and investigator diversity?
The program emphasizes inclusion by encouraging centers to bring in investigators from diverse backgrounds, expand participation among newer or underrepresented researchers, and build an investigator community that is diverse and connected.
11) What does a P30 center structure typically include?
The P30 structure typically revolves around administrative support and shared core resources. While applicants propose specific cores based on local strengths and needs, the overarching intent is centralized services that multiple research teams can use.
12) What are examples of shared resources or services a CFAR might support?
Examples described include research administration, clinical or laboratory support functions, data or methods expertise, regulatory and coordination assistance, and other shared capabilities that raise the quality and productivity of an institution’s HIV/AIDS research portfolio.
13) Why does NIH fund shared infrastructure instead of separate projects?
This approach is meant to reduce duplication, improve standardization, make it easier for investigators to launch new studies, facilitate cross-disciplinary collaboration, and help centers respond quickly to scientific opportunities.
14) What is the award ceiling for this opportunity?
The award ceiling listed in the announcement is $750,000.
15) Is cost-sharing or matching required?
No. The announcement specifies that there is no cost-sharing or matching requirement.
16) When was this funding opportunity posted and when did it close?
The opportunity was posted on December 17, 2013, created on January 3, 2014, and had a closing date of July 28, 2016, with an archive date of August 28, 2016.
17) Is this FOA still active?
Based on the listed closing and archive dates (2016), this specific announcement cycle is historical rather than current. The summary is still useful for understanding how NIH structures CFAR center support and what the program prioritizes.
18) What types of U.S. organizations are eligible to apply?
Eligibility is broad across domestic entities. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; nonprofits (including 501(c)(3) organizations); state and local governments (including counties, cities or townships, and special districts); independent school districts; and public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities.
19) Are tribal governments and tribal organizations eligible?
Yes. Certain tribal governments and tribal organizations are listed among eligible applicants.
20) Are for-profit entities eligible to apply?
Yes. For-profit organizations, including small businesses and other for-profit entities, are listed as eligible applicants.
21) Are designated institutions such as HBCUs and HSIs eligible?
Yes. The announcement specifies eligibility that includes institutions and organizations such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs).
22) Are faith-based or community-based organizations eligible?
Yes. The announcement indicates that faith-based or community-based organizations are included among additional eligible applicants.
23) Are U.S. territories or possessions eligible?
Yes. U.S. territories or possessions are listed among eligible applicants.
24) Are foreign institutions eligible to apply?
No. Foreign institutions are not eligible to apply under this announcement.
25) Can a non-U.S. component of a U.S. organization apply?
No. Non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations are not eligible under this announcement.
26) Are foreign components allowed at all?
Yes. The announcement states that foreign components (as NIH defines them in its policy) are allowed, which can matter for centers that include specific international collaborations under a U.S.-led application.
27) What does it mean that the FOA is tied to multiple CFDA numbers?
The announcement is tied to multiple CFDA numbers across biomedical and behavioral research areas (including infectious diseases, microbiology, mental health, drug abuse, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, child health, aging, and international research and training). This reflects how HIV/AIDS research intersects with many fields and NIH Institutes and Centers.
28) What kinds of research areas does the FOA suggest CFAR-supported work may span?
The description indicates CFAR-supported work often spans co-infections, comorbidities, prevention, behavioral health, and cross-cutting methods and infrastructure, consistent with the broad set of CFDA mappings.
29) What is NIH’s overall expectation for what a funded center will accomplish?
The overall expectation is that the funded center will improve collaboration, expand access to shared resources, accelerate translation from discovery to patient and community impact, and build a diverse and connected investigator community.
30) In simple terms, what does this program pay for?
It pays for the shared backbone of an HIV/AIDS research enterprise at an institution or consortium: administrative coordination and shared cores/resources that multiple investigators and studies can rely on, especially when teams span different departments, disciplines, and stages of the research pipeline.
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