This report was prepared by Emily Donaldson (AVAC), with contributions from Kevin Fisher (AVAC),
Reuben Granich (UNAIDS), Thomas Harmon (IAVI), Polly Harrison (AVAC), Naomi Saelens (IAVI)
and Mitchell Warren (AVAC) of the HIV Vaccines and Microbicides Resource Tracking Working
Group (herein referred to as “the Working Group”). The Working Group developed and has utilized
a systematic approach to data collection and collation since 2004. These methods were employed
to generate the estimates of funding for R&D presented in this report. A detailed explanation of
the methodology can be found on the Working Group website (www.hivresourcetracking.org).
The two sets of categories used to describe different R&D activities—one for HIV vaccines and one
for HIV microbicides—were derived from those developed by the US NIH and are shown in the
following tables.