Scholarship Submission Cycle: August 28, 2025 – October 1, 2025
Scholarship Dispositions: November 12, 2025

Scholarships must be submitted through the CROI 2026 Dashboard. A CROI Conference Account is required for scholarship submission. To login to your account or to create an account, click here.

Please refer to the Dates and Deadlines page for all submission deadlines and key milestones.

Technical Issues: If you encounter technical issues that prevent you from submitting your scholarship, you must email CROIScholarships@iasusa.org before the submission deadline. Issues reported after the deadline typically cannot be addressed, as applications immediately proceed to review.

Access the Dashboard to Submit a Scholarship

New Researcher Scholarship

CROI invites applications from researchers who are postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduate students, and early-stage faculty (of 1 year or less) in the fields of HIV, hepatitis viruses, SARS-CoV-2, mpox, and their related conditions. Applicants must be the presenting author on a submitted abstract to CROI.

For more information and to apply: Visit the New Researcher Scholarship webpage.

International Researcher Scholarship

A limited number of scholarships are available for researchers and clinicians from resource-limited settings (as classified by the World Bank as low- and middle-income countries). Applicants must be working in the areas of HIV, hepatitis viruses, SARS-CoV-2, mpox, and their related conditions and require financial support to attend CROI.

Applicants must be involved in—or plan to establish—international collaborations and must be a presenting author on a submitted abstract to CROI.

For more information and to apply: Visit the International Researcher Scholarship webpage.

Community Scholarship Program

A limited number of scholarships will be awarded to individuals involved in community-based communication, advocacy, and education related to the prevention, treatment, and cure research of HIV, hepatitis viruses, SARS-CoV-2, mpox, and their related conditions. Applicants must demonstrate a sustained commitment to sharing scientific knowledge with community members and stakeholders and to enhancing science literacy and research in communities affected by the topics presented at CROI.

  • Community Educator Scholarships are for individuals who meet the criteria outlined on the Community Educator and Mentor Scholarships webpage and have not received more than 3 prior CROI scholarships.
  • Community Educator Mentor Scholarships are for experienced community educators or advocates who have received 3 or more previous CROI scholarships and are willing to mentor Community Educator Scholars throughout the conference.

For more information and to apply: Visit the Community Educator and Mentor Scholarships webpage.