# Core B: Developmental Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2021 · $1,369,092

## Abstract

The mission of the UCSF-Gladstone CFAR is to promote multi-disciplinary HIV research, and the
Developmental Core plays a central role. The Developmental Core seeks to accelerate the growth of
early-career HIV investigators by providing access to its widely recognized two-year mentoring
program, by conducting a robust, peer-reviewed pilot grants program and by promoting assembly of
multidisciplinary teams involving both early career and senior investigators to tackle leading-edge
questions emerging in HIV research.
The Core will continue to advance its heartfelt goals to support emerging leaders in HIV research via 3
specific aims:
 Aim 1: To sustain and refine a comprehensive two-year mentoring program for early career HIV
investigators;
 Aim 2: To conduct annual “Mentoring the Mentors” workshops to train HIV researchers from
 CFARs around the U.S. in tools and techniques of mentoring; and
 Aim 3: To support innovative research and the development of early stage investigators (ESIs)
 through four different types of peer-reviewed awards.
The Developmental Core's active mentoring program and pilot and supplemental grants program are
CFAR's primary vehicles for the support of early career HIV scientists. From 2012-2016, the
Developmental Core mentored 69 early career investigators in its formal Mentoring Program and
launched the innovative “Mentoring the Mentors” program to train HIV researchers from around the
country in the tools and techniques of effective mentoring. During the same time period, CFAR funded
64 projects with a total amount of $2.6M from its grants program. The Developmental Core helped
support 15 supplemental awards for early stage investigators (totaling $3.1M) in a variety of fields,
including HIV cure, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), genomic wide association studies, and
implementation science.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10249375
- **Project number:** 5P30AI027763-30
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** PAUL A VOLBERDING
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $1,369,092
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-03-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10249375

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10249375, Core B: Developmental Core (5P30AI027763-30). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10249375. Licensed CC0.

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