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AIDS International Training
and Research Program (AITRP)

Purpose

The AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) began in 1988 as one of the first of a new generation of research training programs sponsored by the Fogarty International Center (FIC) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These programs provide training for scientists from institutions in low- and middle-income countries to strengthen HIV-related research and public health capacities at their institutions.

Grants for full research training programs are awarded to U.S. institutions with strong HIV- related research training experience and with HIV-related research collaborations with institutions in low- and middle- income countries. The grantees, in partnership with their foreign collaborating institutions, identify foreign health scientists, clinicians, and allied health workers from the foreign countries to participate in their joint research training programs.

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Major Collaborating Countries and Programs
Key Personnel and Countries for Current AITRP Awards
AITRP Current Awards

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Baylor College of Medicine
• Brown University/Tufts University
• Case Western Reserve University
• Columbia University
• Dartmouth Medical School/Boston University
• Duke University
• Emory University
• Harvard School of Public Health
• Johns Hopkins University
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• New York University School of Medicine
• Northwestern University
• State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of Illinois at Chicago
• University of Maryland, Baltimore
• University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
• University of Nebraska at Lincoln
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of South Florida
• University of Texas, Houston
• University of Washington
• Vanderbilt University
• Weill Cornell Medical College
• Yale University

Purpose

The AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) began in 1988 as one of the first of a new generation of research training programs sponsored by the Fogarty International Center (FIC) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These programs provide training for scientists from institutions in low- and middle-income countries to strengthen HIV-related research and public health capacities at their institutions.

Grants for full research training programs are awarded to U.S. institutions with strong HIV- related research training experience and with HIV-related research collaborations with institutions in low- and middle- income countries. The grantees, in partnership with their foreign collaborating institutions, identify foreign health scientists, clinicians, and allied health workers from the foreign countries to participate in their joint research training programs. Beginning in 2007, foreign institutions in low-and middle-income countries are eligible to apply for two-year planning grants. The primary goal of this program is to build multi-disciplinary biomedical, behavioral and social science research capacity for the prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS and HIV-related conditions for those adults and children affected by HIV/AIDS in the collaborating country. AITRP makes provisions for training in the United States, in other countries, and in the home countries.

Trainees shall be individuals involved in or expected to be involved in HIV-related research activities in their home country. Decisions about whom to accept for training are made by the directors of the grants. All directors have developed collaborative activities with specific countries. Please contact the relevant U.S. director for country-specific information, necessary qualifications, eligibility, and application procedures.

Request for Applications

Program Announcement PAR-07-348

Application and Submission Information for Full AITRP

Application and Submission Information for AITRP Planning Grant

Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s) - July 13, 2007; July 14, 2008; July 14, 2009

Application Receipt Date(s) - August 14, 2007; August 14, 2008; August 14, 2009

For information on AITRP, please contact:

Jeanne McDermott, C.N.M., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Program Officer
Division of International Training and Research
Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room B2C39, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: 301-496-1492
Fax: 301-402-0779

Co-Sponsors

• Fogarty International Center (FIC)
• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Office of AIDS Research (OAR)

Updated July 2008