Introduction: Call for Scientific Proposals 2025 for HIV Cure Research Program, Sidaction and Aidsfonds are delighted to announce a €2 million call for scientific proposals for 2025, aimed at accelerating progress in HIV cure research. This initiative seeks to bring together researchers from France, the Netherlands, and African countries, fostering collaboration on this critical global health challenge.

Last Date of Submission: 17^th April 2025

Grants Range: Total of €2,000,000

Goal (Call for Scientific Proposals 2025 for HIV Cure Research Program)

With this call, they aim to fund research ultimately leading to biomedical breakthroughs, social acceptance of cure interventions and promotion of an HIV cure available to the maximum of people living with HIV worldwide. The candidate projects may explore mechanisms to target the viral reservoir or enhance immune driven control, the development of new therapeutic concepts as well as all the social sciences around HIV cure or remission.

Preferential (not mandatory) aspects of the research are:

• multidisciplinary approach involving cooperation between researchers from different specialities (basic science, clinical science, humanities and social sciences);
• research that pursues interventional strategies, even if preliminary stages, is preferred over approaches that are purely descriptive:
• involvement of communities that live with HIV
• impact focused on a combination of insights and interventions that build on existing research on HIV cures and/or by new approaches and insights that have not been used before;

Funding Information (Call for Scientific Proposals 2025 for HIV Cure Research Program)

The total budget allocated for this Call for Proposals is €2,000,000, with funding available for 4 to 6 projects. Each proposal should fall within the €300,000 – €600,000 range. While the standard upper limit is €600,000, exceptions may be made for exceptional projects with co-funding. Proposals with budgets below €300,000 will not be considered.

Selection Criteria (Call for Scientific Proposals 2025 for HIV Cure Research Program)

Proposals that pass the threshold will be ranked based on the preferential characteristics: Quality of science and method;

• Interdisciplinarity aspects of the research;
• Minimum of 2 countries collaborating;
• The innovative and integrated nature of the research;
• Feasibility and appropriateness of the proposed research plan;
• Operational and financial choices in the project budget;
• Strong prospects for biomedical, social and economic impact
• Budget 300k (minimum) – 600k maximum

Early Career Lead Investigators, defined as a researcher whose career spun less than 8 years between the date of the PhD/doctorate (or similar experience) and the date of involvement in the research project and/or involvement of young researchers in the project (PhD students and/or postdoc);

• Collaboration of research teams from Netherlands, France, and African countries
• Project governance, division of tasks and roles within the team
• Connection strategy to engage relevant stakeholders and involve end-users.

How to Apply?

This call follows a two-step selection process. The first step for your application is to submit a letter of intent describing the background, objective, design, and relevance of the project to the HIV cure. The letter of intent for this international call should be completed in English (French could be acceptable if the principal investigator is from Africa and not fluent in English).

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