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amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, is one of the world’s leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to the support of AIDS research, HIV prevention, treatment education, and advocacy. Since 1985, amfAR has raised nearly $950 million in support of its programs and has awarded more than 3,800 grants to research teams worldwide.
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Bennah Serfaty
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2025
Grace Jones and Natasha Poonawalla Added to
amfAR London Lineup
New York, NY, October 3, 2025 — The legendary Grace Jones, a longtime supporter of amfAR, will headline the inaugural amfAR London benefit gala at the newly opened Chancery Rosewood Hotel on Friday, October 17, 2025. Businesswoman and philanthropist Natasha Poonawalla will receive amfAR’s Philanthropic Leadership Award.
Request for Proposals:
Mathilde Krim Fellowships in Biomedical Research
amfAR is now accepting applications for the Mathilde Krim Fellowship in Biomedical Research, a two-year round of funding to support postdoc researchers’ transition to an independent career in HIV research. For more information including deadlines, eligibility, and qualifications
When Grants End, So Do Scientific Breakthroughs
By August 2025, thousands of active NIH research grants focused on leading health concerns for Americans have been terminated. This includes grants focused on prevention, care, and treatment of cancers and cancer-causing viruses like human papillomavirus (HPV). These grants had already been awarded to leading scientists and institutions across the U.S. to advance both basic science approaches to finding new therapies and applied science to bring those therapies to scale.
24 Hours to Save AIDS Research
On September 16, over 70 scientists, advocates, and community organizers—including Greg Millett, amfAR VP and director of public policy, and Dr. Annette Sohn, VP and director of amfAR’s TREAT Asia program—participated in a 24-hour livestream to highlight advancements in HIV/AIDS research and reasons for reversing recent U.S. funding cuts.
- Over $3.4 Million Raised at amfAR Venezia Gala
- Taylor Sheridan to be presented with Award of Inspiration by Nicole Kidman at amfAR Dallas Gala
- Community-Led Health Programs Benefit People Impacted by HIV
- amfAR to Partner with FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX for Benefit Gala Event Hosted at Wynn Las Vegas
- Diana Ross to Headline amfAR’s Inaugural Dallas Benefit Gala
- amfAR Applauds Advocate-Led Efforts to Save PEPFAR from Federal Cuts
- Ava Max and Paris Jackson Added to amfAR Venezia Lineup
- New amfAR Awards Give Much-Needed Boost to Aspiring Young HIV Researchers
- Progress on HIV—Derailed
- Breakthroughs Amid Crisis
- Colman Domingo to Host amfAR Venezia During Venice Film Festival
- Statement from amfAR on FDA Approval of Lenacapavir for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
- Over $17 Million Raised at 31st Edition of amfAR Gala Cannes
- Ciara and Adam Lambert Added to amfAR Gala Cannes Line-Up
- Target Grants: Request for Proposals
- amfAR Names New Chief Financial and Operating Officer
- Select Spotlight on Equality: amfAR Talks to Grindr About Curing HIV
- Unprecedented Cuts Across Health and Human Services Put Lives in Peril
- amfAR Report Details How PEPFAR Support Allowed Governments to Strengthen Health Systems
- Cuts to the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention Will Lead to Dramatic Rise in Infections, Deaths, and Costs
- Duran Duran, Taraji P. Henson Join amfAR Gala Cannes
- amfAR Raises $3.8M for HIV Research at Fourth Annual Gala in Palm Beach
- The Hidden Cost of Capping NIH Indirect Costs: How Students Pay the Price
- The Best Investment You Didn’t Know You Made: How NIH Funding Fuels Innovation and Economic Growth
- amfAR Announces Chief Executive Officer Succession Plan
- PEPFAR Funding Survey Shows Negative Impact on HIV Services
- Special Musical Performance by Ricky Martin at amfAR’s Fourth Annual Palm Beach Gala
- Krim Fellowship Request for Proposals Announced
- Trump Administration’s Order Requiring Immediate Suspension of All HIV Services Provided by PEPFAR Will Place Lives at Risk
2024
- amfAR Raises Over $3 Million at Inaugural Las Vegas Gala During Race Week
- amfAR Statement on Biden-Harris Rule Changes Regarding Insurance Coverage for Long-Acting PrEP and Contraceptives
- Curing HIV: amfAR Strives for Alternatives to Stem Cell Transplantation
- amfAR Las Vegas – Friday, November 22, 2024
- amfAR Raises Over $2.5 Million at Venice Film Festival Gala
- amfAR’s Greg Millett Joins International AIDS Society’s Governing Council, Executive Board
- amfAR Greenlights New HIV Cure Studies with Grants Totaling $1.2 Million
- RISE Study, Co-Sponsored by amfAR, Wins Robert Carr Research Award
- $16 Million Raised at 30th Edition of amfAR Gala Cannes
- amfAR Applauds Choice of Francisco Ruiz to Lead White House Office of National AIDS Policy
- Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Law Cannot Stand
- amfAR Praises PEPFAR Reauthorization, Yet Concerns Over One-Year Authorization and Implications for U.S. Global Health Leadership Remain
- Cher to Appear at 30th Edition of amfAR Gala Cannes
- New amfAR Fellowships Support Innovative Research on Antibodies, Treatment Interruption, and Aging and HIV
- amfAR Raises $4.1M at Third Annual Gala in Palm Beach
- amfAR to Honor Dionne Warwick and Dee Ocleppo Hilfiger at Third Annual Palm Beach Gala
2023
- amfAR Announces Close to $3 Million in New Funding for Cure Research
- $7.6m Raised at 24th TWO x TWO for AIDS and ART 2023
- Statement from amfAR on Congress’s Failure to Reauthorize PEPFAR
- amfAR Raises Over $2 million at Venice Film Festival Gala
- amfAR to Honor Ava DuVernay at Gala During Venice Film Festival
- New amfAR Grants Advance Innovative Gene Therapy Approaches to Curing HIV
- Submissions Sought for Art/Design Competition to Benefit AIDS Research
- Forty Years Since the Denver Principles, Their Demands Remain as Pertinent as Ever
- $17 Million Raised at amfAR Gala Cannes
- Queen Latifah to Host amfAR Gala Cannes — Halsey, Gladys Knight, Adam Lambert, Bebe Rexha to Perform
- amfAR Awards New Mathilde Krim Fellowship to Young Scientist Pursuing HIV Cure
- amfAR Condemns Ruling That Would Sabotage HIV Prevention Efforts
- amfAR Raises $3.5m at Second Annual Gala in Palm Beach
- amfAR Welcomes Revised Policy on Blood Donations but Urges FDA To Take Further Steps Toward Equitable Treatment for Gay and Bisexual Men
- Statement from amfAR on Tennessee’s Rejection of Federal Funds for HIV Services
2022
- Over $1.3 Million Raised at amfAR Gala Los Angeles, Honoring Kelly Rowland and Paramount Pictures
- amfAR Awards $1.5 Million to Researchers Pursuing Innovative Approaches to Eliminating the HIV Reservoir
- amfAR Dedicates Andelson Office of Public Policy
- amfAR Raises $2.8 Million While Honoring Ferzan Ozpetek During Venice Film Festival
- amfAR to Honor Ferzan Ozpetek During Venice Film Festival
- amfAR Announces New Round of Funding to Support Novel Approaches to HIV Cure
- Over $19 Million Raised at amfAR Gala Cannes
- amfAR Returns to Cannes with Performances by Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Charli XCX
- amfAR Applauds President Biden’s Commitment to Ending HIV Epidemic
- amfAR Announces New Research Grants
- amfAR Announces Election of Two New Members to Its Board of Trustees
- $5.3 Million Raised at amfAR’s Inaugural Palm Beach Gala
2021
- Over $1.7 Million Raised at amfAR LA Gala Honoring Jeremy Scott and TikTok
- $11 Million Raised at 22nd TWO X TWO For AIDS and Art 2021
- amfAR Returns to Venice for Intimate Dinner Under the Stars
- amfAR Grants Explore Gene Therapy Approaches to HIV Cure
- amfAR Gala Cannes Raises Over $11 Million for HIV/Aids Research in Return to Live Events
- Christie’s and amfAR, the Foundation for Aids Research, Announce From the Studio: Part Two, Part of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale in London on 2 July
- amfAR Announces 2021 Mathilde Krim Fellowship Recipients
- New amfAR Grants Target Intersection of HIV and COVID-19
2020
- amfAR Partners with CytoDyn to Expand HIV Cure Strategy
- amfAR Invests in ‘Next Generation’ HIV Cure Intervention
- All-star Online Benefit Performance of Scenes from ANGELS IN AMERICA
- Scenes from Angels in America
- amfAR Study Shows How White Counties Have Lower Rates of COVID-19, HIV
- amfAR, Fashion, Fine Art: Pulling Together for COVID-19 Research
- CECILY BROWN, GEORGE CONDO AND URS FISCHER DONATE WORKS TO BE SOLD TO BENEFIT THE amfAR FUND TO FIGHT COVID-19
- CHRISTIE’S AND amfAR PARTNER TO RAISE CRITICAL FUNDS FOR COVID-19 RESEARCH
- amfAR Study Shows Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Black Americans
- Carine Roitfeld Announces Special Cr Runway Global Event With amfAR Against Covid-19: Fashion Unites
- IMAN, MARC GLIMCHER, MATTHEW LOPEZ HONORED AT ANNUAL FASHION WEEK amfAR GALA NEW YORK
2019
- amfAR Awards Support Promising Young HIV Researchers
- amfAR’s Charity Poker Tournament Brings Celebrities, Professional Poker Players to San Francisco to Raise Funds for AIDS Research
- $8 Million Raised at 21st TWO x TWO For AIDS and Ary 2019
- LARRY GAGOSIAN and GWYNETH PALTROW Honored at amfAR GALA LOS ANGELES
- amfAR Launches New Ending the HIV Epidemic Database
- FEDERICO MARCHETTI TO BE HONORED AT amfAR’S MILAN FASHION WEEK GALA
- New amfAR Grants Advance HIV Cure and Post-Treatment Control Studies
- The Future of the HIV Response
- amfAR HOSTS DINNER IN PARIS DURING COUTURE WEEK
- amfAR GALA CANNES RAISES MORE THAN $15 MILLION FOR HIV/AIDS RESEARCH
- amfAR Advances Collaborative Bioengineering Studies Aimed at Curing HIV
- amfAR Raises Over $2.75 Million For AIDS Research at Annual Hong Kong Event Honoring Adrian Cheng
- amfAR Statement on Trump Administration Budget Proposal
- amfAR Researchers Unable to Find HIV In London Transplant Patient
- MILLA JOVOVICH, MERT ALAS AND MARCUS PIGGOTT, SIMON de PURY HONORED AT ANNUAL FASHION WEEK amfAR GALA NEW YORK
- amfAR’s Statement on President Trump’s Plan to End HIV Transmissions in the US
- New amfAR Grants Address Critical HIV Cure Research Questions