THE LACR AWARDS – LUSO-AMERICAN COLLABORATIVE RESPONSE AWARDS: TOWARDS NEW RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS ON HIV/AIDS

The LACR Awards (Luso-American Collaborative Response Awards: Towards New Research Partnerships on HIV-AIDS) aim at stimulating international cooperation on the scientific, educational and policy-making dimensions of  research on the diagnostic, treatment and prevention of aids, by providing financial support to innovative start-up projects in these areas. Awards for innovative start-up research projects are made available to conference participants, including speakers, session chairs, and other registered participants of the 2011 Conference-Debate on HIV/AIDS: the Luso-American Response.

Eligibility is limited to projects including at least one Portuguese and one American researcher who have participated in the Conference-Debate on HIV/AIDS: the Luso-American Response.

Priority will be given to:
  -          tripartite proposals (projects involving researchers from three different countries);
  -          innovative projects addressing, for example, application of new technologies to diagnosis, treatment and prevention of AIDS;
  -          innovative papers on policy changes.

Each award consists of a research grant of a maximum of 20.000 Euros.

Applications:
 The application process is open from October 10, 2011 to November 30, 2011.
 The applications must be submitted by e-mail, to rui.vallera@flad.pt and hedjej@niaid.nih.gov.
 The application consists of an email making reference to “LACR AWARDS” in the subject line with two attachments:
1.       A 2-page (maximum) résumé or short CV of the lead researcher in the research project
2.       A 5-page (maximum) project description, plus a one-page project budget (total cost and other sources of funding confirmed or sought)

HIV/AIDS LACR Awards' Results:
  • "HIV-2 epidemiology, drug resistance and pathogenesis in Cape Verde: the Cape Verde HIV-2 Cohort"
Leading Researchers:
- José Rocha;  Hospital Dr. Agostinho Neto, Delegacia de Saúde, Cidade da Praia, and Delegacia de Saúde, S. Vicente, Cape Verde
- Jorge Barreto; Hospital Dr. Agostinho Neto, Delegacia de Saúde, Cidade da Praia, and Delegacia de Saúde, S. Vicente, Cape Verde 
- Nuno Taveira; Unidade dos Retrovírus e Infecções Associadas, Centro de Patogénese Molecular, Faculdade de Farmácia de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, and Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz (ISCSEM), Monte de Caparica, Portugal
 - Isabel Barahona; Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz (ISCSEM), Monte de Caparica, Portugal
- Susana Valente; The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Infectology, Jupiter, Florida, USA 
- Klaus Strebel; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA

  • "A  Multilevel  analysis  of  the  determinants  and  regional  variations  of HIV infection in Mozambique: evidence from the INSIDA and considerations for future research"
Leading Researchers: 
- Maria Rosário F O Martins; Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical – UNL, Portugal
- Francisco Mbofana; Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Mozambique
- Inês Raimundo; Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
- Sónia F Dias; Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical – UNL, Portugal
- Victor Agadjanian; Arizona State University, USA