Request for HIV/AIDS-Related Pilot Project Applications

Deadline for Submission: June 3, 2005

Notification of Awards: June 24, 2005

The NYU Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is seeking HIV/AIDS-related pilot project applications. The intent of the CFAR Developmental Awards is to support scientific studies for one year to develop preliminary data that will serve as the foundation for applying for peer-reviewed research applications.

The project should be identified as falling under one or more of the five CFAR program areas: Developmental Therapeutics; HIV-Associated Diseases; Epidemiology, Transmission and Prevention; Vaccine Development; and Viral Pathogenesis.

The primary criteria for funding of these awards are: 

1. Quality of the science proposed;

2. Potential of the applicant to acquire future independent funding for the project;

3. Potential of senior post-doc applicants to develop into faculty members at NYU;

4. Recruitment to AIDS research of established investigators who have not previously received R01-type awards in AIDS research;

5. Encouragement of new collaborations among the faculty on AIDS-related projects likely to lead to new funding opportunities;

Eligibility: This competition is open to all faculty at NYU School of Medicine, New York University, the Public Health Research Institute and the New York Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Eligible applicants include senior post-docs, all faculty members, and established investigators on the faculty new to the area of HIV and AIDS-related research. Priority will be given to junior faculty, to individuals new to HIV/AIDS research, and to multidisciplinary projects that demonstrate collaboration or potential for translational findings. Previous recipients of a CFAR developmental award are not eligible to apply for the same type of project.

• Applications are to contain four sections (Strict adherence to the page limitations is required:

• Research Methodology (up to 5 pages, single spaced, >11 point type, including specific aims, hypothesis, and research design).

• NIH Biographical Sketch (up to 2 pages including bibliography).

• Budget (1 page followed by a page of budget justification, and a statement concerning the availability of necessary equipment in a mentor's laboratory, if a mentor is involved.).

• Other Research Support-include all active, completed and pending support for applicant, mentor and key personnel (1 page).

All requested information should be in NIH format using PHS 398 forms (Rev. 09/04). These forms can be obtained from the Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) website at:
http://www.med.nyu.edu/spa/forms/nih/phs398.html .

Project budgets may not exceed 12 months and $50,000 in direct costs, and cannot include equipment. The budget period will be July 1, 2005-June 30, 2006. The review of applications will be conducted during early June by the CFAR Scientific Review committee and awards will be made by July 15, 2005.

Please submit the original and eight copies of the application, together with a properly signed NYU Transmittal Form available at:
http://www.med.nyu.edu/spa/forms/nyusom/index.html for Sponsored Program Activity, by Friday, June 3^rd, 2005 to:

Fred Valentine, M.D.
Director, Center for AIDS Research
NYU School of Medicine
550 First Avenue,
BCD,558
New York, NY 10016

For further information or assistance, please contact Ms. Irini Albanti, CFAR Administrator at

irini.albanti@med.nyu.edu or (212) 263-8527.