PROJECT SUMMARY This goal of this proposal is to revise the District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR) Administrative Core to include the CFAR Pathway Programs Coordinating Center (CPPCC). The CPPCC will include three Cores: The Administrative Core will be led by the DC CFAR Director Dr. Alan Greenberg and Administrative Director Ms. Brandi Robinson. The CPPCC will be responsible for fiscal oversight of CPPCC resources, maintenance of the CPPCC website, developing and disseminating the quarterly CPPCC e-newsletter, and coordinating cross- CFAR scientific publication efforts. The Administrative Core will schedule quarterly meetings with the CFAR pathway program leads and with the NIH CFAR Program Office. The Program Core will be led by Dr. Anthony Wutoh, Howard University Provost and DC CFAR Developmental Core Co-Director, and Dr. Lisa Bowleg, DC CFAR Social and Behavioral Science Core Co-Director. The Program Core will convene quarterly meetings of the CFAR pathway program leads which will be the principal forum for exchanging programmatic ideas, identifying best practices and common challenges, and providing high-level feedback to the NIH. The Program Core will also develop cross-CFAR activities such as facilitating access to didactic sessions across CFAR sites, cross-CFAR exchange of information about mentored research experiences, and national meetings of CDEIPI scholars and mentors. The Evaluation Core will be led by the DC CFAR Co-Director Dr. Manya Magnus and Senior Research Program Manager Ms. Lorena Segarra. The Evaluation Core will convene quarterly meetings of the CFAR pathway program evaluation leads to coordinate the monitoring and evaluation components of CFAR pathway programs; chronicle the development of the program approaches; develop, harmonize, and assess short- and long-term process and outcome measures; and conduct qualitative and quantitative research about the overall delivery and impacts of the program. The three primary activities will be building and implementing a consensus-based evaluation strategy with CFAR pathway programs; collecting, managing and analyzing individual- and aggregate-level characteristics to inform our understanding of the challenges and successes encountered by newly and previously funded CFAR pathway programs; and leading innovative approaches to describe the impact of the CFAR pathway programs.