The BHIVA/ViiV Implementation Science Scholarships are supported by ViiV Healthcare and administered by BHIVA. Two scholarships are available up to a maximum of £10,000 per award. Successful UK-based applicants from any discipline will be supported to deliver an implementation science project and have the opportunity to be trained in implementation science methodology. Applicants must be BHIVA members in order to apply.
Purpose of the awards
Implementation science is the study of methods and strategies to promote the adaptation, adoption and integration of evidence-based practices, interventions and policies into routine health care practice and settings. Implementation research is based on the principles of implementation science and seeks to address the challenges and barriers associated with the implementation of interventions to enhance the quality of patient care. Thus, these scholarships will fund projects based on these concepts, and that are focused on understanding what, why and how an intervention would work in the ‘real world’. Such interventions could be a practice, service, programme or policy. It could also be a new diagnostic tool or treatment that has been licensed, but not yet widely implemented. Examples of such projects may include supporting patient testing in acute medical settings by educating staff, texting patients to reduce DNA rates or improve adherence, implementing patient held note systems, using cards or other prompts to reduce drug-drug interactions. Projects looking at anticipated or actual changes in service delivery, testing, and administration or monitoring of antiretroviral therapy (including injectable antiretrovirals) are also encouraged.
Application support and information
If you require further information or wish to discuss a potential application please contact the Chair of the Judging Panel, Prof Maryam Shahmanesh or the Chair of BHIVA Education and Scientific Subcommittee, Dr Fiona Cresswell.
Application process
Applications extended until 08:00 on Monday 9 March 2026.
How to apply
Please download and read the guidance manual for full details of how apply for an award. Please complete the application form and submit to BHIVA by email to [email protected] by the closing date.
If you have any queries about the implementation science scholarships, please email the Secretariat at [email protected].
Previous winners
2022 (round three) winners
Name and Institution
Project title
Dr Mimie Chirwa
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
‘HIV testing within faith communities in Luton’
Dr David Lawrence
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
‘Implementing long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV who have chronic viraemia’
Dr Shema Tariq
University College London
‘The PRIME clinic: implementing holistic support for women living with HIV transitioning through the menopause’
2022 (round two) winners
Name and Institution
Project title
Dr Flavien Coukan
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
‘Modifiable factors to HIV PrEP access: a qualitative study to investigate codesign strategies to develop new PrEP delivery and accessibility recommendations in underserved populations in England’
‘Barriers and facilitators to PrEP access in Black women in England: Perspective of multiple stakeholders’
BHIVA spring conference 2024 (O13) HIV Medicine. 2024; Supp 1: 3–16
2022 (round one) winner
Name and Institution
Project title
Dr Daniella Chilton
Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London
Pilot – Patient activation measure to support personalised care and pathway stratification in HIV services
2020 winners
Name and Institution
Project title
Dr Sonia Raffe
Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
10-things I wish you knew: Co-production and implementation of a teaching tool to challenge HIV-related stigma in the healthcare setting.
2019 winners
Name and Institution
Project title
Dr Sara Madge
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
What works best? Comparing alternative approaches to implementing a specialist dietetic service within an established HIV outpatient clinic.
Published: P091; ‘Managing metabolic issues: evaluation of a short term comparative implementation project introducing a dietician to an HIV service’ HIV Medicine. 2021; Supp 2: 24–119.
Dr Ramona Malek
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Lifestyle intervention in HIV clinics.
Dr Kiersten Simmons
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
Implementation and evaluation of a case finding pathway for frailty in older people living with HIV.
Published: P154; ‘Improving health and wellbeing across HIV/GUM departments in the UK’ HIV Medicine. 2021; Supp 2: 24–119.
