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2026
amfAR Commits Nearly $2 Million Toward Four New HIV Cure-Focused Studies
NEW YORK, July 28, 2026 — amfAR funding will launch four new studies testing innovative strategies to cure HIV. More than 40 million people are living with HIV globally and rates of new infections are increasing in multiple parts of the world including Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Pacific, as well as several major cities in the U.S. The landscape for funding HIV research and programs has also become progressively unstable, but amfAR’s commitment to a safe, accessible, and scalable cure for HIV remains as strong as ever.
Daily Updates from the 26th International AIDS Conference
The theme of this year’s conference is “Rethink. Rebuild. Rise.” and these words will be on everyone’s mind as an estimated 10,000 advocates, researchers, and policymakers from around the world gather in person and virtually in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the International AIDS Society’s biannual conference, AIDS 2026. Among them will be representatives from amfAR and amfAR-funded researchers who are participating in more than 20 sessions and poster presentations.
Taking the Pulse of PEPFAR
A new study by amfAR’s Public Policy Office documents how a withdrawal of U.S. funding for HIV services around the world is impacting the fight against AIDS.
amfAR at AIDS 2026: Rethink. Rebuild. Rise.
At AIDS 2026, the 26th International AIDS Conference, amfAR helps power a cutting-edge, collaborative response to HIV across research and advocacy.
- amfAR Senior Policy Associate Elise Lankiewicz Awarded Journal of the International AIDS Society’s Impact Award
- Mary Ann Torres Receives 2026 Elizabeth Taylor Human Rights Award
- Bebe Rexha to Perform at amfAR Venezia
- “We Know It’s Possible” The Future of HIV Cure Research
- Ending AIDS Is at Risk
- Charlize Theron to be Honored at amfAR’s Second Annual Dallas Benefit Gala
- A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: The Mutual Benefit of Investment in HIV and Cancer Research
- Iconic Artist Marina Abramović to be Honored at amfAR Venezia During Venice Film Festival
- For Long-Term Survivors, HIV Is Just a Piece of the Puzzle
- Behind the Breakthrough: amfAR Fellow Spearheads Major HIV CRISPR Study
- HIV, Brain Health Research, and How It Could Benefit Everyone
- $20 Million Raised to Support Innovative Research at 32nd Edition of amfAR Gala Cannes
- amfAR to Support Three Early Career HIV Researchers on Trajectory to Independent Positions
- New Agreements for Funding Global HIV Program Miss the Mark
- Best Supporting Actors: Other Immune Cells Shaping the Future of HIV Research
- Remembering Loreen Willenberg, HIV Advocate Who Expanded the Boundaries of Cure Research
- amfAR Launches $2 Million AI-Enabled, Collaborative Study to Map the HIV Reservoir
- amfAR Raises $3.4M at Fifth Annual Gala in Palm Beach
- amfAR Adds Olivia Tyson, Alessandro Dusi to Its Board of Trustees
- Innovation at the Intersections of HIV and Brain Health
- amfAR Announces Formation of Research Council to Guide Future Research Investments
- Maria Davis: Living Out Loud with HIV
- amfAR Celebrates the Bold HIV Advocacy of Elizabeth Taylor on Her Birthday
- Target Grants: Request for Proposals
- amfAR Impact Report 2025
- Telling the (HIV) Stories That Will Save Lives
2025
- The Promise of Immunotherapy to Cure HIV
- After a Decades-Long Career Dedicated to amfAR and Public Health, Respected HIV Expert Dr. Mervyn F. Silverman Retires from amfAR Board of Trustees
- amfAR Las Vegas 2025
- A Message of Hope from Incoming CEO Kyle Clifford on World AIDS Day
- Gordon Murray Added to amfAR Las Vegas Lineup as Second Honoree
- amfAR Will Honor Jeremy Renner at amfAR Las Vegas
- amfAR Raises $2.1 Million at Inaugural London Gala
- When Grants End, So Do Scientific Breakthroughs
- amfAR Awards $2.4 Million in New HIV Cure-Focused Research Grants
- amfAR Raises $3.1 Million at Inaugural Dallas Gala
- Grace Jones and Natasha Poonawalla Added to amfAR London Lineup
- 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
- 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
- Special Musical Performance by Ricky Martin at amfAR’s Fourth Annual Palm Beach Gala
- 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