British HIV Association (BHIVA)

Registered charity 1170707 · since 2016bhiva.org·United Kingdom·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£58,640

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2024

From filed accounts

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. Don't spend time on an approach; the similar funders below support the same kind of work.

Key takeaways

This funder fits work on HIV clinical care, HIV prevention research or international HIV education, and its research awards are open only to BHIVA members at UK-based institutions with a focus on UK populations.
Its stated application method is by invitation only, but its Executive Committee reviews direct requests for project funding quarterly, on merit and relevance to its objectives, so check that route first.
A modest request fits: one implementation science scholarship is up to £10,000, at least £20,000 a year is available across successful applicants, and its annual giving is £58,640, though no typical grant band is stated.
Do not apply if you are not a BHIVA member for the research awards or scholarships, if you are not UK-based, if your research is not wholly or primarily on UK populations, if your project is not implementation science for the scholarships, or if your project does not focus on education and training for the international exchange fellowships.

Overview

British HIV Association (BHIVA) is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1170707).

BHIVA is a registered charity in England and Wales (charity number 1170707) that aims to relieve sickness and protect health through good practice in the testing and treatment of HIV and HIV-related illnesses, and to advance public and professional education on HIV. It supports research in HIV care through its Research Awards Scheme, and it also offers BHIVA/ViiV Implementation Science Scholarships and BHIVA/Gilead International Exchange Fellowships, which foster links with institutions in low- or middle-income countries. At least £20,000 per annum is available, and BHIVA has made over 100 grants.

What they fund

Priority Areas

BHIVA supports research in HIV care through its Research Awards Scheme. The awards fund research projects to improve clinical care, management, health and wellbeing for people living with HIV, and to prevent HIV transmission. It also offers implementation-science scholarships and international exchange fellowships supporting education and training links between BHIVA and institutions in low- or middle-income countries. Research-award applicants must be members, and applicants must be from UK-based institutions; projects should be wholly or primarily focused on UK populations. The association reviews direct applications for research or other project funding quarterly, considering their merit and relevance to its objectives.

Themes

HIV clinical-care research
HIV prevention research
International HIV education

Geographic Focus

UK.

What they don't fund

BHIVA Research Awards only:
- Applicants who are not BHIVA members
- Applicants who are not from UK-based institutions
- Projects that are not wholly or primarily focused on UK populations, unless they have additional impact in other country or population settings and/or support the development of research skills for the UK-based applicant
BHIVA/ViiV Implementation Science Scholarships only:
- Applicants who are not UK-based
- Applicants who are not BHIVA members
- Projects that are not implementation science projects
BHIVA/Gilead International Exchange Fellowship Awards only: Applicants who are not from UK-based institutions; Projects that do not focus on education and training

How to apply

Direct requests for research or other project funding are reviewed by the BHIVA Executive Committee quarterly, on merit and relevance to BHIVA's objectives.

Who can apply:

BHIVA Research Awards: Open to all BHIVA members.
BHIVA/ViiV Implementation Science Scholarships
- Successful UK-based applicants from any discipline will be supported to deliver an implementation science project.
- Applicants must be BHIVA members in order to apply.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Research Award proposals are assessed according to their quality.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom

Similar funders

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Grants

Not included above: 2 with no named recipient.

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£807,543	£912,412	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 December 2021	£868,933	£850,029	£10,000	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£857,689	£831,624	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£839,260	£1,003,687	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£930,618	£1,125,338	£58,640	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£10,000 grants

YE 2024

£58,640 grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 December 2024: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.