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 open.
Eligibility
Interested Investigators must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Early career investigators; post-doctoral associates with 3 or more years of experience and working toward a transition to faculty status; investigators at the rank of Assistant Professor or above are eligible to apply.
- Previous HEIDI pilot awardees.
- Collaborative projects are highly encouraged and defined as those involving two or more investigators from different disciplines and/or different departments.
Applications will not be considered for funding if:
- A proposal does not focus on cure/reservoirs and vaccine research.
- They include foreign components.
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.