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These awards provide small funding (up to $3,000) to assist ESI and NHI with support for HIV research-related expenses, including:

  • Presenting abstracts at national or international conferences. Investigators must have an accepted abstract.
  • Publication fees
  • IRB associated costs
  • Training opportunities 

Funding Criteria:

  • Matching funding is encouraged.
  • Investigators must have an accepted abstract to attend a conference/meeting
  • Tuition is not allowable

Apply for a SPARK Award  

 Winter Application Deadline January 2nd
 Spring Application Deadline April 1st
 Summer Application Deadline July 1st
 Fall Application Deadline October 1st

 

  • Funding must be spent within 6 months of awarding.
  • Applications are evaluated one week after the quarterly due dates by the Developmental Core leadership.

Check the CFAR listserv, website, and social media outlets for the RFA.

Contact: Laken Grissom

Acknowledge the Center

Support the UAB Center for AIDS Research by acknowledging services in publications, abstracts, and grants. Cite us: This research was supported by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center For AIDS Research CFAR, an NIH funded program (P30 AI027767) that was made possible by the following institutes: NIAID, NCI, NICHD, NHLBI, NIDA, NIMH, NIA, NIDDK, NIGMS, NIMHD, FIC, NIDCR, and OAR.