About us
CHRP’s mission is to advance transformative research across California that will promote the health of people living with or at risk for HIV.
Founded in 1983, The California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) is the longest running publicly funded grantmaking program of its kind in the United States. CHRP is administered through the Research Grants Program Office within the Division of Research and Innovation at the University of California, Office of the President. Since its founding, CHRP has invested over$350 million dollars to fund over 2,000 research grants that support the development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of innovative HIV research projects across California. Our current research priorities include Basic Biomedical and Translational HIV Research; Clinical, Social-Behavioral, and Implementation Science HIV Research; and HIV Policy Research.CHRP is located at the University of California Office of the President and administered by the Research Grants Program Office within the Office of Research & Innovation.