Thu, 19 Jun 2025
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Sat, 21 Jun 2025
7:00am - 4:00pm [CEST]
Wits Rural Facility, Bushbuckridge, South Africa
The Research-for-Cure Academy, organized in partnership with the South African Department of Science and Innovation and the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, will award fellowships to about 15 early- to mid-career African investigators or clinical scientists to participate in a series of interactive workshops.
The objectives are to:
- Provide training on state-of-the-art HIV cure research in line with recommendations from Research priorities for an HIV cure: International AIDS Society Global Scientific Strategy 2021
- Improve and reinforce practical tools and methodologies to pursue or engage in HIV cure research, including grant writing
- Provide a unique opportunity for engagement with leaders in the HIV cure field to facilitate research collaborations in the search for an HIV cure or remission
To be eligible, applicants should:
- Have sufficient proficiency in English
- Be an early- to mid-career investigator or clinical scientist
- Be affiliated with or working in collaboration with an institution or university in an African country
- Be interested in the latest research developments towards an HIV cure
- Already be working in the field of HIV (preferred)