{"id":16049,"date":"2023-10-12T13:47:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T17:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/?page_id=16049"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:47:16","slug":"developmental","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/core-areas\/developmental\/","title":{"rendered":"Developmental Core"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>The Developmental Core provides funding and mentoring support for New and Early Stage Investigators (ESIs) who are interested in pursuing an HIV research career. We work collaboratively with other CFAR Cores provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/core-areas\/developmental\/mentoring-resources\/\"><strong>mentoring resources<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for CFAR ESIs.<\/p>\n<p>The UNC CFAR Developmental Core provides up to one year of seed <strong>funding<\/strong> for: 1) Traditional Developmental Awards (TDA), 2) Secondary Data Analysis (SDA) responding to the related CFAR Notice of Special Interest (NOSI); and 3) Microgrants related to CFAR-funded research. Awards are made to one of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New and Early Stage Investigators*<\/li>\n<li>Experienced investigators new to HIV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A senior mentor is required to assist ESI applicants and Awardees in preparing applications, project implementation, manuscript preparation, and writing a directly-related larger grant proposal to the NIH. Research can be basic, translational, clinical, or social\/behavioral, and can address treatment, transmission, or prevention.<\/p>\n<p>*Eligible Early Stage Investigators are defined as never having received an R01 or <a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/glossary.htm#R\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">R01 equivalent<\/a> grant as a PI; holding a terminal degree (e.g. PhD, MD); eligible to serve as PI on an NIH grant; and affiliated with the UNC CFAR.<\/p>\n<h3>Developmental Cohort<\/h3>\n<p>The CFAR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/core-areas\/developmental\/dev-cohort\/\">Developmental (\u201cDev\u201d) Cohort<\/a> is open to all UNC CFAR-affiliated ESIs and post-docs. Virtual Dev Cohort meetings are held on the third Monday of the month from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM throughout the academic year. The Dev Cohort leverages a wide range of professional development resources and provides opportunities for structured feedback from senior CFAR investigators on members\u2019 research.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">Each year\u2019s Cohort will participate in regular Works-in-Progress, as well as activities such as grant-writing and manuscript-writing workshops, peer and senior investigator review and feedback on members\u2019 Specific Aims, and a Q&amp;A session with a panel of NIH reviewers. 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