amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, is one of the world's leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to the support of AIDS research, HIV prevention, treatment education, and the advocacy of sound AIDS-related public policy. Since 1985, amfAR has invested more than $415 million in its programs and has awarded grants to more than 3,300 research teams worldwide.Recently, it launched a bold research initiative to develop the scientific basis of a cure for HIV by 2020.