The purpose of the Developmental Awards program is to stimulate new, community-engaged Please find full RFA for 2025 here. Upcoming Informational sessions: Pilot Awards provide research support to conduct community-engaged research projects for generation of preliminary data to increase competitiveness for future extramural HIV/AIDS and mental health research funding. This is a traditional pilot award / research project that involves new data collection, and a minimum of 10% of PI time should be budgeted for. Scholar Awards provide salary (minimum of 25% principal investigator effort), research and career development support for promising early career investigators aiming to transition to independence as HIV/AIDS and mental health researchers. The scholar awards typically do not involve new data collection but instead involve conducting a secondary data analysis project with existing data and/or data being collected as part of a parent study. As part of our Developmental Awards Program this year, CHARM will also consider supporting a University of Miami investigator who has lost their funding due to shifting NIH priorities and who needs to pivot their program of research to realign with current priorities consistent with the mission of CHARM and NIH priorities. The CHARM Bridge Award will have the same elements and review criteria as the other Developmental Awards (i.e. should be designated as a scholar award or CHARM Pilot) and will also have a peer review process. However, they will be due by June 1, 2025. Award amounts will be up to $45,000 for 12 months. Interested investigators should reach out directly to the CHARM Developmental Core at ydc9@miami.edu for further instructions. RFA disseminated April 9, 2025 Information & Brainstorming Sessions for Potential Applicants April 23, 2025, 1:30 – 3:00 PM EST May 15, 2025, 12:00 – 1:30 PM EST Letter of Intent (LOI) (Optional except for post-doctoral fellows and bridge awards) May 2, 2025, 5:00 PM EST Specific Aims and Community Engagement Plan draft (if participating in Speed Review) May 26, 2025, 5:00 PM EST (for Speed Review 1) June 10, 2025, 5:00 PM EST (for Speed Review 2) Speed Review 1 Speed Review 2 June 2, 2025, 1:30 – 3:00 PM EST June 18, 2025, 1:30 – 3:00 PM EST Application to CHARM August 1, 2025 CHARM Scientific Review Meeting September 2025 Announcement of applications selected for funding consideration October 2025 Full NIH application sent to CHARM for submission to NIMH (for selected applications) December 12, 2025 Earliest Project Start Date February 1, 2026 Budget Template (Excel, Word, PDF) - Please start building your budget in the excel spreadsheet before transferring the figures in the word or pdf docs. LOI Submission (optional except for post-docs) - View application (PDF) Speed Review Submission (optional except for post-docs) - View application (PDF) Developmental Awards Program
research projects for the generation of preliminary data to increase
competitiveness for future extramural HIV/AIDS and mental health research funding.
Award proposals in any area relevant to the intersection of HIV and mental health
disparities will be given full consideration. The CHARM Developmental Awards Program
encourages proposals addressing the intersection of HIV and mental health in Florida.
Eligibility
PILOT AWARDS
SCHOLAR AWARDS
Click here for a list of National and Publicly Available Datasets. BRIDGE AWARD
2025-2026 Application Timeline
Forms and Instructions
Submission Portal
CHARM will be accepting applications for Microgrants for early-career investigators (ESIs) and South Florida service implementers. The purpose of this program to support the development of partnerships between investigators and implementers to lay the groundwork for future equitable implementation research in HIV and mental health. Eligibility Deadline for applications is June 13th, 2025 at 5:00PM EST. Please find full RFA for 2025 here. To see a recording of last year's informational session, please click here. Equitable Implementation Science (EIS) Core Program-Planning Microgrants
Note - the cycle is now closed for this award. Please see below information from the previous cycle. CHARM will be accepting applications for community focused projects in: The purpose of this program is to encourage community-centered research projects focused on HIV and Mental Health initiatives. Through our collaboration, we hope to financially support community-centered-research and position awardees for future funding. Eligibility Deadline for applications is January 15th, 2024 at 5:00PM EST Please find full RFA for 2023 here. Have any questions? View our informational session here, or reach out to Meadgine Ilmet (MHD-CE Core Coordinator, mfi13@miami.edu. CHARM Community Pilot Awards
Note - the cycle is now closed for this award. Please see below information from the previous cycle. NIMH and NIAID, along with several other participating NIH institutes, have recently announced a new Notice of Special Interest (NOT-AI-23-070) for applications to advance the goals of EHE. The NOSI solicits research in two priority areas: For more information, please visit the following link: If you have any questions about the NOSI, please contact Christopher Gordon at cgordon1@mail.nih.gov. If you have an idea and are interested in applying, please contact Mohamed Keita (mxk845@miami.edu) and Rosana Smith-Alvarez Chinigo (13rsmith@miami.edu), and CC Dr. Steve Safren (ssafren@miami.edu). Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Funding Opportunity
As discussed during NIAID’s latest AIDS Research Advisory Committee Meeting, this notice represents a change in how the NIH is soliciting research in support of EHE, moving from one-year pilot projects funded through supplements, to larger multi-year studies. Interested applicants can apply to one of several different IC parent announcements for R01, R21, or R34 funding, and applications are not limited to the CFARs or ARCs. Applications must focus on one of the 57 geographic priority areas defined in the EHE Initiative, and the proposed work should support local EHE efforts through meaningful engagement with implementing partners, community members, and people with lived experience. This notice applies to due dates on or after January 7, 2024, and subsequent receipt dates through January 9, 2024.NOT-Al-23-070