amfAR

Also in 1988, amfAR’s Terry Beirn was a primary architect of the first comprehensive AIDS legislation—the Hope Act. Today, amfAR is supporting a range of cure-focused strategies. In April 2020, amfAR established the amfAR Fund to Fight COVID-19 to respond to the coronavirus via research. Since 1985, amfAR has awarded more than 3,300 grants to research teams worldwide and has invested more than $635 million in its programs. And amfAR has galvanized a scientific community that, once deeply skeptical, has largely embraced the notion that a cure is not only possible but achievable in our lifetime. Since 1985, amfAR has invested more than $635 million in its programs and has awarded more than 3,800 grants to research teams worldwide. To date, amfAR has awarded more than 3,800 grants to research teams worldwide. In September 1985, the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) was formed through the unification of AMF with the like-minded National AIDS Research Foundation, which had been incorporated in California in August 1985.