The Robert Carr Research Award celebrates Robert's vision of collaboration between community organizations, academic researchers and advocates. Robert's commitment to translating findings from research collaborations between community and academic partners into tangible policy development and advocacy efforts is the driving force behind this prize, announced at the International AIDS Conference and presented since 2014. These collaborations aim to advance human rights-based policies and practices in countries where communities disproportionately affected by HIV continue to face discrimination, social rejection, violence, and imprisonment. The Robert Carr Research Award is presented to research projects from community-academia partnerships with the potential to inform advocacy efforts and evidence-based programs, thereby ensuring a rights-based HIV response. The Award is unique among those presented in conjunction with the International AIDS Conference, as it addresses the need for more robust community engagement in research. During the Memorial Lecture, the winning academic-community team will deliver the key address about their research and be presented with the Award.