The Interntionl IDS Society (IS), in prtnership with the Ntionl Institutes of Helth (NIH) nd the NIH-funded Centers for IDS Reserch (CFR), nnounces this wrd progrm to support innovtive reserch projects to introduce scientists from other disciplines to the field of HIV reserch. The intent of this progrm is to ttrct both interntionl nd U.S.-bsed erly-stge investigtors from outside the field of HIV reserch to help ddress key scientific questions in HIV reserch, including emerging issues of long-term survivl with HIV infection, prevention of HIV trnsmission, nd reserch towrd cure.