Hardship Awards support UCSF investigators facing temporary funding gaps, funding essential research activity, personnel, and preliminary data to sustain projects while they pursue future support.
Independence Support Award supports UCSF investigators with bridge funding for research that addresses critiques of unfunded proposals and generates data to strengthen independent research grant applications.
Re-Entry Category Project Award supports UCSF investigators returning to research, funding pilot studies that generate preliminary findings to help them pursue independent extramural research funding.
Emergency Interim Support helps established investigators sustain basic and applied human-health research, generating data for renewal applications to regain national grant support.
UCSF-Bay Area CFAR Mentored Scientist Award supports early-stage investigators with mentored HIV research and training to build research skills and preliminary data for future grant applications.
The Pilot Award Program for Investigators New to HIV supports researchers entering the field with funding for HIV studies that launch new lines of work or generate findings for future grant applications.