The HIV/AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases Institute’s (HEIDI) State of Florida Pilot Award Program stimulates innovative research and collaborations between basic and clinical researchers on the topics of HIV Cure/Reservoirs and HIV Vaccine research.
This program encourages high-risk research to generate preliminary data for publication and enhance competitiveness for extramural funding.
HEIDI acknowledges support from the State of Florida Funding Initiative for this program in line with state and national Ending the Epidemic efforts.
Link to Full Application
Applications are now closed.
Eligibility
- Investigators at the rank of Assistant Professor (in research or clinical track) or above are eligible to apply.
- Post-doctoral associates may apply if they have three or more years of experience and are working towards a transition to faculty status.
- Early career investigators are encouraged to apply.
- Collaborative projects are highly encouraged and defined as those involving two or more investigators from different disciplines, and/or different departments.
- Previous HEIDI awardees are eligible to apply if there is no scientific overlap of any projects.
- Applications with foreign components are not eligible to apply.
Clinical Research Studies
HEIDI is not allowed to fund clinical research studies that include randomization to one or more low risk interventions to evaluate the effects of those interventions on health-related biomedical or behavioral outcomes. Please read the Notice of Revised NIH Definition of “Clinical Trial” for details.