The National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) has awarded a consortium of Chicago-based institutions, led by Rush University Medical Center, a five-year, $3.75-million grant.
The grant will go to establish a developmental center for AIDS research, creating a comprehensive research infrastructure to spur basic science, clinical studies and translational research in the prevention, detection and treatment of HIV infection and AIDS, according to a press release.
The new center is one of only two in the Midwest—the other is in Cleveland, Ohio—and was the only developmental center funded this year. NIH has funded 20 such centers at major academic institutions across the country.
