Developmental Core

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The Development Core will be co-directed by Drs Myron Levin and. Charles Dinarello. The primary purpose of the Development Core will be to allocate resources to augment AIDS research efforts at component institutions. Emphasis will be placed on support for interdisciplinary projects and infrastructure investments that will have a broad impact AIDS research capabilities, to recruit new investigators, to provide transitional funding to Junior Faculty and facilitate the-conduct of pilot studies. The Development Core will have three Specific Aims: A. To make major infrastructure or programmatic investments that will broadly facilitate interactions, capabilities, and/or efficiencies of the AIDS research community conducted by investigators at the component institutions. B. To recruit outstanding new investigators with AIDS expertise to the faculties of the institution from outside institutions or from training programs within the institution. C. To provide initial funding for pilot and feasibility studies. These funds might be used by junior investigators, by established investigators to explore novel areas of AIDS research, or by excellent investigators not previously involved in AIDS research.