Third Coast Center for AIDS Research
Catalyzing cross-institutional and cross-disciplinary HIV research collaborations in Chicago
Become a member! The Third Coast CFAR offers two types of membership to meet the needs of local faculty and various types of collaborators. Membership is free and registration takes only a few minutes.
Third Coast CFAR funding is targeted towards early-career investigators, established faculty new to HIV research, or new trans-disciplinary collaborations, as well as community organizations, and is managed through the Developmental Core.
The Third Coast CFAR offers a breadth of services through Scientific Cores related to proposal development, participant recruitment, laboratory and specimen access, data analysis, and consultations.
Change in NIH AIDS Grant Submission Deadlines
NIH has announced that the special deadline for AIDS grants is going to be discontinued, and after the May 7, 2026 AIDS due date (Cycle I) deadlines will shift to align with regular deadlines.
Third Coast CFAR Members Present at CDPH Provider Conference
The Third Coast CFAR congratulates our members who presented at the Chicago Department of Public Health Syndemic Infectious Disease Bureau’s third annual Provider Conference on November 5, 2025. This year’s theme was, “From Fragmentation to Integration: Unified Approaches to Syndemic Infectious Diseases.”
NUCATS K12 Career Development Program Request for Applications
Applications are now open for the NUCATS Mentored Career Development Program in Clinical and Translational Science (K12, formerly KL2), a career development award supporting early-career faculty at Northwestern University.
UAB Seeks Applications for Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in HIV Research
The UAB CFAR is accepting applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship with the opportunity to renew. Applicants may propose any type of HIV research across the spectrum of HIV prevention, treatment, or cure.