Call for Applications: CFAR Adolescent & Young Adult Scientific Working Group Microgrant
Application Deadline January 15, 2026
What could you do with $5,000?
The CFAR Adolescent and Young Adult Scientific Working Group is awarding $5000 to 2-3 investigators interested in HIV/AIDS research among those 13-24-years old.
- Could you conduct a secondary analysis of adolescent and young adult HIV data?
- Would participant incentives improve your enrollment?
- Do you need funds to obtain preliminary data for a grant application?
- Do you need supplemental funds to complete/expand an ongoing project?
- Applications solely for salary support will not be considered responsive.
Submit:
- a two-page proposal to CFAR@jhmi.edu by January 15, 2026. The proposal must include:
- A research plan that describes background (why the project is important), objectives, approach, and analysis
- A timeline clearly showing how the proposed work will be completed within 1 year.
- A budget with justification explaining how the funds would be used.
- Expected outcome(s), implications, and next steps from your project, if funded
- A biosketch. (Not included in page limits)
Eligibility: Applicant must be a Hopkins-affiliated student researcher, fellow, post-doctoral fellow, junior faculty, faculty new to HIV or staff member.
**Please note that the start date will be 2/1/2026. Due to School of Medicine rules that the end date of our internal awards must align with our grant cycle, the end date will be 4/30/26. Traditionally no-cost-extensions were automatic but given that there has been a recent history of delayed NOAs, we cannot guarantee that there will not be a pause in funding between 4/30/26 and the receipt of our NOA for the next year. **
