The National Institute of Health (NIH)’s Academic Research Enhancement Awards (R15)

• Stimulate research at educational institutions that provide baccalaureate training for a significant number of the nation's research scientists but that have not been major recipients of NIH support.

• Awards provide funding for small-scale, new, or ongoing health-related meritorious research projects, enhancing the research environment at eligible institutions and exposing students to research opportunities.”

SHAWN is proud to be funded by this NIH R15 mechanism that awards grants to undergraduate teaching institutions, that have not been major recipients of NIH support, to expand the cadre of U.S. scholars who are engaged in health-related research. Specifically, SHAWN is a HIV-specific project supported by the NIH’s National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA).