Membership

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.

In 2025, the Third Coast CFAR will expand to include new partners, RUSH University and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), for its next five-year grant period. While the notice of award from the NIH is pending, TC CFAR leadership invites faculty at RUSH and UIC to register as members and begin participating fully in CFAR activities.

The spring 2025 pilot competition is open to early stage investigators and faculty new to HIV at RUSH and UIC, as well as Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. Eligible faculty from all four universities are enthusiastically encouraged to apply.

Faculty membership is available to faculty-level investigators at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, RUSH University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago who are eligible to apply for NIH grants as a principal investigator. Faculty members can:

• Access all core facilities / services
• Apply for Developmental Core awards
• Apply for NIH CFAR supplemental funding opportunities
• Participate in a Scientific Working Group to collaborate with other researchers

Register for Third Coast CFAR faculty membership.

Affiliate membership is available to a wide range of investigators, practitioners, community members, and individuals in other roles who are engaged in or interested in HIV research. Common examples of affiliate members are:

• Faculty at an institution outside of the TC CFAR who utilize TC CFAR core services through a local collaborator
• Investigators, staff, or practitioners at a local health department or community-based organization that conducts HIV research or provides HIV services
• Postdoctoral fellows and other trainees, as well as students and staff, at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, RUSH University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago who are engaged in HIV research

Register for Third Coast CFAR affiliate membership.