CIPHER Grant Programme
The CIPHER Grant Programme provides a unique opportunity for early-stage investigators to address critical research gaps in paediatric and adolescent HIV settings where HIV resources are limited by providing funding and unique opportunities for professional development. The intention is to promote evidence-based HIV policies and programmes in these settings. The grants are for up to USD 140,000 for two years. The Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research (CIPHER) is an initiative of IAS – the International AIDS Society – and it is made possible through support from CIPHER Founding Sponsor ViiV Healthcare.
IAS 2025 recipients:
Abayneh Tanga
Arba Minch University, Ethiopia
Adam Abdullahi
Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria
CIPHER Growing the Leaders of Tomorrow Fellowship Programme
The Growing the Leaders of Tomorrow Fellowship Programme contributes to strengthening research expertise in paediatric and adolescent HIV in Asia-Pacific and central, eastern, southern and western Africa. The two-year research fellowship provides up to USD 70,000 (USD 35,000 per year) for an early-career investigator to work with an established mentor on a funded research project that addresses key gaps in paediatric and adolescent HIV. CIPHER is made possible through support from ViiV Healthcare.
IAS 2025 recipient:
Punnathorn Auaboonkanok
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
IAS/ANRS Lange/van Tongeren Prizes for Young Investigators
The five USD 2,000 IAS/ANRS Lange/van Tongeren Prizes for Young Investigators are jointly funded by the IAS and the National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (ANRS) (France) to support young researchers who demonstrate innovation, originality, rationale and quality in the field of HIV research. In 2015, the Young Investigator Prize was permanently renamed in memory of Joep Lange and Jacqueline van Tongeren.
IAS 2025 recipients:
Track A: Basic science:
Zoe StylianidouHIV Cure Research Center, Ghent University, Belgium
Track B: Clinical science:
James WyncollUniversity College London, United Kingdom
Track C: Epidemiology and prevention science:
Keitumetse LebeloDesmond Tutu Health Foundation, South Africa
Track D: Social and behavioural sciences:
Minh Nguyen ThienCenter for Applied Research on Men and Community Health, Viet Nam
Track E: Implementation science, economics, systems and synergies:
Alfred S LutaayaWalter Reed Army Institute of Research-Africa, Uganda
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The prizes are granted to the top-scoring abstract in each of the five tracks:
- Track A: Basic and translational science
- Track B: Clinical science
- Track C: Epidemiology and prevention science
- Track D: Social and behavioural sciences
- Track E: Implementation science, economics, systems and synergies
Eligible candidates are presenting authors of abstracts submitted to IAS 2025, which meet the following criteria:
- The abstract has been accepted as an oral presentation or for the poster exhibition.
- The research demonstrates innovation, originality, rationale and quality.
- The presenting author is under 35 years of age.
JIAS Impact Awards
The Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) Impact Awards acknowledge high-impact publications from the previous year, as determined by the journal’s Editorial Board members and Deputy Editors. Selections are made based on a combination of public health importance, downloads and citations.
Three Impact Awards will be announced at IAS 2025. They will go to the manuscript’s first authors and will cover the registration fee for a future conference (AIDS 2026 or IAS 2027). The IAS sponsors the JIAS Impact Awards.
IAS 2025 recipients:
Elona Toska
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Rachael Burke
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Daniel J. Bromberg and Eteri Machavariani
Yale University, United States