Scholarships

Scholarship submission is now open

Scholarships are submitted through the CROI 2025 Dashboard, with a October 1, 2024, deadline. 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: Technical issues preventing submission of an scholarship must be communicate by email to CROIscholarships@iasusa.org prior to the submission deadline. Notification of an inability to submit due to technical issues received after the deadline cannot generally be addressed.

New Investigator Scholarship

CROI invites researchers who are postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduate students, and new faculty (of 1 year or less) in the fields of HIV, as well as hepatitis viruses, SARS-CoV-2, and mpox, and their related conditions, to apply for a New Investigator Scholarship.

For More Information and to Apply: Visit the New Investigator Scholarship webpage.

International Investigator Scholarship

A limited number of scholarships to attend CROI will be awarded to researchers and clinicians who come from resource-limited settings (World Bank classification of LMIC), are working in the area of HIV and hepatitis viruses and other viral infections and their related conditions, and would be unable to participate in CROI without financial support. International Investigator Scholarship recipients must be involved in or have plans to establish international collaborations and be a presenting author on an accepted abstract. For More Information and to Apply: Visit the International Investigator Scholarship webpage.

Community Educator and Mentor Scholarships

A limited number of scholarships to attend CROI are awarded to those who engage in community communication, advocacy, and educational activities focused on the prevention, treatment, and cure research of HIV, hepatitis viruses, SARS-CoV-2, mpox, and their related conditions. Community Educator Scholarship and Community Mentor Scholarship awardees also demonstrate an established commitment to sharing scientific knowledge with community members and stakeholders, as well as an ability to expand research and science literacy among communities affected by topics presented at CROI.

The Community Educator Scholarships will be awarded to individuals who meet the above criteria and have not received more than 3 prior scholarship awards. The Community Mentor Scholarships will be awarded to experienced community educators/advocates who have received 3 or more prior CROI scholarships and can demonstrate a willingness to mentor Community Educator Scholars during the conference. A conference call for new and experienced scholarship recipients will be held a couple weeks before the conference to discuss the details of mentoring and pairing mentors and mentees.

For More Information and to Apply: Visit the Community Educator and Mentor Scholarships webpage.