Implementation Science to End the HIV Epidemic

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) seeks to advance its mission by continuing support for implementation science to end the HIV epidemic. Projects will leverage research-community collaborations to bring evidence-based advances in HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cluster outbreak response to communities disproportionately impacted by HIV. The goals of these projects will be to: (1) Develop strategies to end HIV by integrating innovations across disciplines such as epidemiology, data science, public health, medicine, social services, implementation science, and community engagement, and (2) Deploy, test, and evaluate new or existing strategies at multiple geographic locations or settings. While deployment of these strategies will occur at the local scale, through partnerships with, local, state, and federal public health partners, the overall program will advance generalized knowledge that informs larger scale efforts to end HIV. Grant authorities that allow NIAID to forecast this opportunity are as follows: Sections 301 and 405 of the Public Health Service Act as amended (42 USC 241 and 284) and under Federal Regulations 42 CFR Part 52 and 2 CFR Part 200.