Research

Research

amfAR funds highly innovative and sometimes high-risk studies that may lack the preliminary data required by traditional grant makers, with the goal of developing a cure for HIV.

Research Grants

Target Grants

Research Grants Awarded

See what we’ve recently supported

Request for Proposals

Mathilde Krim Fellowships in Biomedical Research
Register by March 19, 2025, 3 PM EDT
Letter of Intent due March 27, 2025, 3 PM EDT

Latest News

Beyond Stem Cell Transplantation?

amfAR awards grants to researchers—Drs. Jonah Sacha, Elena Herrera-Carrillo, and Alexander Pasternak—who are testing innovative HIV cure strategies.


The Broad Benefits of AIDS Research

Many new treatments for diseases such as cancer, kidney and heart disease, COVID-19, and hepatitis have arisen from research on HIV/AIDS.

Publications from amfAR Grantees and Fellows

Each month, the findings of amfAR-funded researchers (names in bold) are published in peer-reviewed journals, which are listed below by month of publication. In each case you can click on the “ABSTRACT” link for a brief summary of the research paper as it appears in the journal. In some cases, you can click on the “READ MORE” link to access related articles written for a lay audience by amfAR staff.