Who is eligible?

The Visiting Professor program is designed for scientists and investigators who have not yet obtained R01-level or comparable funding as PI or MPI from the NIH or another agency. We seek scientists conducting HIV prevention research and HIV care research with communities most impacted by the HIV epidemic in the United States. Please review the following administrative and program criteria.

1. Administrative criteria

To be eligible for the program, the applicant must:

  • Be a US citizen or be a Permanent Resident (have a Green Card).
  • Be affiliated with an institution that is eligible to receive federal money.
  • Be eligible to be a Principal Investigator at their home institution.
  • Not have received funding as the Principal Investigator or Multiple Principal Investigator of a funded NIH R01 or equivalent grant.
  • Not have delinquent student loans.

Also, those applying to the NIAID track must be "early career faculty," meaning they are within the first 8 years of their first faculty appointment. This restriction is required by the funder.

If you have a K Award from NIH or have a proposal for a K Award under review, please talk with us about it prior to preparing your application for this program. Although having a K award does not make you ineligible to participate, it may provide full-time support for your research training and career development, so we need to address concerns about receiving a temporary summer faculty appointment at UCSF through this program while you have a K award. 

2. Program criteria

To be selected for the program, the applicant must demonstrate:

  • Experience conducting HIV research and publishing scientific manuscripts related to HIV in the United States.
  • History of obtaining funding for HIV or related research (e.g., small or exploratory grants, including state, local, intramural, and university grants).
  • Preferred: The most competitive applicants and their applications will also demonstrate at least 2 years of experience (post terminal degree)  conducting HIV or related research with implications for populations with high levels of health disparities in US-based settings.  Individuals accepted to the program typically have at least two years of research experience since obtaining their terminal degree and at least 10 to 20 publications (including as co-author)—with a substantial proportion related to HIV— although this can vary depending on other aspects of the application.

Applicants must propose to develop an NIH R-level grant proposal during their participation in the Visiting Professor Program.

In accordance with Federal and State law and University policy, the University of California does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, health, or disability. For detailed information, please visit the Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination webpage. UCSF does not use race, gender, sex, or other protected categories or proxies for protected categories in the selection process.