1986

Drs. Sewankambo/Serwadda first conceive of Rakai population cohort

1987

Drs. Sewankambo/Serwadda approach CDC and USAID

USAID approaches Columbia University with a project in Uganda. Dr. Maria Wawer makes the first visit and, together with Drs. Sewankambo and Serwadda, they develop a funding proposal.

1988

Cohort started.

21 clusters of 30 households each, population ~ 1,800 (USAID)

1989

• HIV Dynamics study funded for three years by NIH
  Cohort expanded: 31 clusters (population ~4,000)

1990

• Rockefeller grant for counseling, health and education. (Rockefeller Foundation,  NIH)
• Rakai AIDS Information Network started as an NGO by Rakai Project (DANIDA, USAID)

1992

• Sexual Networks Study funded for three years (NIH)
• Preparation for AIDS Vaccine Evaluation (PAVE) funded for two years (NIH)
• WHO proposal for cohort support funded for one year
• Mellon Foundation funding for family planning (1992-1996)

1993

• Fogarty International supports several training grants

1994

• STD Control for AIDS Prevention funded for five years (NIH)

1994/95

• STD Control Trial begins; cohort enlarged (~14,000)
• Rockefeller grant renewed for four years
• Pfizer provides free drugs

1996

• STD Control study continues
• Maternal Infant Supplementary Study/MISS funded for three years (NIH)
• World Bank STI project funded

1997

• USAID/Mother Care proposal funded which adds support for MISS study

1998

• Family Planning starts (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)
• Glaxo Welcome, HSV-2 testing

1999

• Walter Army Institute of Research grant for three years

2000

• STD Control/MISS studies end
• BV study funded for two years
• Fertility Data Analysis funded for two years (NIH)
• Opinion Leader Study funded for five years (NIMH)
• HIV Prevention Trials Network: Rakai is funded as an HPTN site and remains in the network for one year

2001

• Pediatric AIDS Foundation support for Nevirapine provision

2002

• Male Circumsion for HIV Prevention (NIAID) funded for five years
• Randomized Trial of Male Circumcision, STD, HIV and Behavioral Effects in Men, Women and the Community funded for five years(Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)

2003

• Infrastructure, Research and Training Support for the Rakai Research Collaboration. Funding to assist with the construction of a new Rakai health sciences center to improve Program’s ability to provide care for HIV+ individuals and for HIV research, and training in HIV care for Rakai physicians and clinical staff (Doris Duke Charitable Foundation)

2005

• ARV Effects on HIV Epidemiology and Behaviors funded for five years (NICHD)
• Morbidity/Mortality and Disability in Children Study funded for four years (Fogarty International Center/NIH)

2006

• International Training/Research in Population and Health, Uganda (Fogarty International Center/NIH)
• BD Malaria P.f. Rapid Test Evaluation (Becton, Dickinson and Company)

2007

• Impact of Peer Educators and Mobile Phones on HIV Care (Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; funded for two years)
• Assessing the Impact of a Community-Based Intervention Designed to Reduce Levels of Physical and Sexual Domestic Violence in Rakai District, Uganda (WHO/Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction)
• Circumcision: HIV/STIs and Behaviors in an RCT and post-RCT surveillance; Rakai (NIH/NIAID; funded for five years) 

2008

• Community Effects of Male Circumcision (MC) on HIV Epidemic, with nested MC-related Clinical and Basic Science Research (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; funded for five years)
• Host Genetic Epidemiology in HIV-1Discordant African Couples and Other Cohorts (NIH through the University of Alabama at Birmingham subcontract; funded for three years)

2009

• Study of Early Initiation of HAART in Children with HIV Infection in Rakai, Uganda (W.W. Smith Charitable Trust; funded for two years)
• HIV/HAART and Pregnancy/Contraception in Rakai, Uganda (NINR; funded for three years)
• Rakai Youth Project (NICHD thought the Columbia University subcontract; funded for four years)