The Office of AIDS Research (OAR) has selected the following winners to share in the $350,000 of Phase 1 of the NIH ARISE-HIV LAUNCH Challenge. The winners (in alphabetical order) are:

  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: 'Self-Administered, Self-Determined'
  • BLISS Study Team from UCSF / SFDPH: 'BLISS Buddy: GPS-led Retention for Street Medicine'
  • Boston Medical Center: 'Long-acting INjectables in Corrections (LINC)'
  • Bridge Before Release: 'Bridge Before Release'
  • Cascadia Pharmacy Group: 'Trusted Corner for HIV Care'
  • ConductScience Inc: 'Capillary Health: Logistics for HIV Care'
  • CQLC NFP: 'PrEPárate: Prepare for Long Acting PrEP'
  • Division of Infectious Diseases, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania: 'Integrated HIV and Addiction Care Transition'
  • Duke University - El Centro Hispano: 'PrEP en Movimiento—LAI PrEP for Latine Communities'
  • ED-LEN Network (Emergency Department Long-Acting Injectable HIV Prevention Network): 'Emergency Department Delivery of Long-Acting PrEP'
  • Equitas Health Pharmacy: 'Beyond the Pharmacy Counter: Low-Barrier PrEP'
  • Housing Works: 'Breaking Barriers to Enable Same-Day LAI Initiation'
  • Jeb Jones: 'Scalable Rural LAI PrEP Implementation'
  • Jeffrey Smart's team: 'Decentralized HIV Care via Dynamic Fleet Routing'
  • Johns Hopkins University: 'Flexible LAI PrEP for People who Inject Drugs'
  • Karen Terry: 'A Shot Within Reach: Pharmacy & EMS Rural HIV Care'
  • Mainstay: 'Protection That Outlasts Care'
  • National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors: 'National Rapid-Response ARV Outbreak Deployment'
  • No Receipts Required Collaborative: 'No Receipts Required: A Pathway to PrEP'
  • NodulePlus: 'NodulePlus: Proactive Coaching Protects Retention'
  • Parya Saberi: 'Beyond the Clinic: Long-Acting HIV Prevention'
  • PharmLA: 'PharmLA: HIV Prevention at Your Pharmacy'
  • PrEP4U: 'PrEP4U'
  • Prism Health NTX: 'Beyond the Clinic'
  • Spectrum Medical Care Center: 'Our Stories, Our Protection: PrEP for Everyone'
  • St. Joseph Hospital: 'PrEP BUNDLE: Hospital-Based LAI PrEP for PWID'
  • TaskForce Prevention and Community Services: 'TaskForce LA-Link: Trusted PrEP Pathways'
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston: 'CAP-IT: Expanding Access to Long-Acting PrEP'
  • THRIVE-LAI Collaborative: 'THRIVE-LAI: Status-Neutral Mobile HIV Injectables'
  • UAB Beacon Recovery: 'Project PrEP AL'
  • University of Miami Miller School of Medicine: 'RN-PrEP: Scaling a Nurse-Driven LAI-PrEP Model'
  • Ward 86 Health Access Point (HAP): 'Novel PrEP Engagement in People Who Use Drugs'
  • Wellness and Equity Institute: 'Long-Acting HIV Prevention and Treatment'
  • Whitman-Walker Health CHD PrEP Program: 'ACCELERATE-LEN: Expanding Community LEN Delivery'
  • Whitman-Walker Health Community Health Department, Washington, D.C.: 'Your Way: Choice for Once-Yearly Lenacapavir PrEP'

Winning participants from Phase 1 will be invited to submit a more detailed implementation and evaluation plan in Phase 2 and compete for a second more substantial prize of approximately $50,000 each. 

Congratulations once again to our winners!