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AIDS prevention and psychosocial AIDS counseling centers; application for funding

The Free State of Bavaria grants subsidies for the expenses of psychosocial AIDS counseling centers and for projects for the prevention of the immunodeficiency disease AIDS.

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Purpose

Appropriate measures are to be taken to inform the population about the dangers of the immunodeficiency disease AIDS, about infection routes and about how to avoid infection with the HI virus. Special attention should be paid to high-risk groups.

Appropriate information should prevent stigmatization and exclusion of those affected.

Object

Funding is provided for psychosocial AIDS counseling centers and targeted projects for the prevention of the immunodeficiency disease AIDS.

Recipients of funding

The associations of independent welfare organizations and their affiliated organizations are eligible to apply, insofar as they are responsible for psychosocial AIDS counselling centres, as well as other institutions, insofar as they are responsible for projects and measures.

Eligible expenditure

Depending on the object of the funding, personnel and/or material expenses can be funded.

Type and scope

As part of project funding, grants are awarded in the form of partial funding.

For psychosocial AIDS counseling centers, the grant amounts to up to 90%, for projects for the prevention of the immunodeficiency disease AIDS up to 80% of the eligible expenditure.

The funding body must provide its own contribution as required by budgetary law.

Essential funding requirements:

  • Psychosocial AIDS counselling centres must assume the tasks described in the framework concept for the guideline on the funding of psychosocial AIDS counselling centres and the prevention of the immunodeficiency disease AIDS and meet the organizational requirements as well as provide the necessary personnel.
  • Other prevention measures and projects can be funded if there is a considerable need for the planned measure and the prevention goals cannot be achieved in any other way.

  • where appropriate, an informal declaration by partners in the action on the nature and extent of their participation

Submission of applications

Applications must be submitted to the government responsible for the location of the measure.

Approval

The governments are responsible for approval. The governments submit applications for initial funding to the State Ministry for Health, Care and Prevention for a decision after checking the basic eligibility for funding. The approval period is the calendar year.

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Initial applications for funding under the guidelines must be submitted to the granting authority by November 15 of the year preceding the funding period applied for at the latest.

Funding applications for the continuation of existing measures and projects (follow-up applications) must be submitted to the granting authority by December 31 of the year preceding the funding period applied for.

Funding is provided without legal entitlement within the scope of available budget funds.

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Status: 06.02.2026
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Gesundheit, Pflege und Prävention
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