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.


Shaping the Future of HIV Research

amfAR interviewed Gladstone Institutes’ Dr. Melanie Ott about her work on HIV, hepatitis C, and other viruses, and the promise of new technologies.

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.