# The Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research (JHU CFAR)

> **NIH NIH P30** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $4,173,626

## Abstract

This is a competing renewal for the new Johns Hopkins University CFAR, initially funded in 2012. The new
CFAR had a complete change in leadership, a major reorganization, a number of new and highly innovative
approaches, and the enthusiastic and vigorous participation and support of the entire JHU HIV research
community and the institution's leaders, who have contributed $2.25 million of additional support to fund
additional developmental awards, student engagement, and outreach activities. For the past 4 years the
CFAR has reinvigorated the HIV community at JHU, built thriving platforms through which interdisciplinary
collaboration occurs, engaged new and junior investigators in cutting-edge research activities, provided vitally
needed developmental resources for conducting pilot studies that lead to extramural funding, and contributed
to the recruitment of new faculty, particularly 6 members of underrepresented minority groups. The CFAR has
served over 373 HIV investigators, >130 NIH grants, and provided mentoring and assistance to 212 early
stage investigators. Developmental Awards to early stage investigators or those new to HIV research have
resulted in $57 million in new extramural awards, and our Internal Scientific Reviews of NIH applications have
contributed to the funding of 14 new R01 or similar grants. The overall goal of this competing renewal
application is to continue and enhance the ability of the Johns Hopkins University CFAR to nurture and support
high-impact HIV research and researchers across a broad range of disciplines and specialties in the multiple
divisions of this major research university. Our specific aims are 1) to enhance the integration and productivity
of HIV/AIDS research by promoting inter-disciplinary innovation and collaboration; 2) to provide mentoring,
support, and pilot funding for the next generation of HIV/AIDS researchers, with a commitment to recruiting
researchers from underrepresented minority groups; 3) to support HIV/AIDS researchers with direct services to
assist with recruitment of clinical research participants, performance of laboratory assays, design and analysis
of research studies, and training in research methodologies; and 4) to mobilize and coordinate capacity from
across JHU to combat the HIV epidemic in Baltimore through engagement, training, outreach, and evaluation
of community-based intervention studies. The CFAR has 6 Cores and 3 Scientific Working Groups that provide
services and support innovation in high-priority HIV research. The Baltimore HIV Collaboratory, and its Plan
Baltimore 2020 project coordinate the JHU response to the local epidemic, orchestrating HIV research and
outreach activities, and expanding the pipeline of future HIV researchers through the Baltimore HIV Scholars
Program and Generation Tomorrow, initiatives aimed at students. The Provost and Deans of the 3 health
professions schools at JHU have committed institutional funds of $2.7 million to support pilot awards...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10153637
- **Project number:** 5P30AI094189-10
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Richard E. Chaisson
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $4,173,626
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2012-05-02 → 2022-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10153637

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10153637, The Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research (JHU CFAR) (5P30AI094189-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10153637. Licensed CC0.

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