History

​2020

• Brittany Chambers and Jaylan Weaver join us as our first fellows from North Carolina Central University
• Townshend Peters and Elyse Miller join us as our 2020 fellows from UNC Gillings School of Public Health
• Oleksander “Sasha” Kirsanov, Saman Nayyab, and Md Abdullah Al Noman named 2020 MCI Fellows 
• Jaylan Weaver is hired as our Program Assistant
• 2020 MCI RFA announced with funding tracks of $150,000 and $300,000, including scope for behavioral research
• David C. Sokal, MD, steps down as Chair of the Board, and is replaced by Michael Rusnak
• MCI publishes peer-reviewed articles in Biology of Reproduction and Contraception
• MCI launches Intended - the first podcast focused entirely on male contraception
  
  

2019

• Vas-occlusion grants awarded to Contraline and Revolution Contraceptives
  
• Four new research grants awarded from $150,000-$300,000 
  
• Kathryn Carpenter joins as our first fellow from UNC Gillings
  
• MCI publishes our first consumer research study
  
• Pilot programs launched for Campus Ambassadors & a Youth Advisory Board
  
• Melanie Balbach, Jae Yeon Hwang, and Max Lyon named 2020 MCI Fellows
  
• 2019 RFA announced with funding tracks of $150,000 and $300,000
  
• Ideation event and convening of non-hormonal male contraceptive researchers hosted in San Francisco
  

2018

• Four $150,000 seed grants awarded to early stage research universities in the US, Australia, and Argentina
• Co-authored a publication on the potential impact of new male contraceptives on unintended pregnancies in the journal, Contraception
• Deb Levine, MA is hired as Interim Executive Director
• Fellowships awarded to 2018 MCI Fellows Aaron Crapster and Liliya Gabalev
• Heather Vahdat, MPH is hired as Executive Director
• Kevin Shane is hired as Design and Communications Strategist

​2017

• Logan Nickels, PhD is hired as Director of Programs and Operations
• First $500k grant awarded to start-up, Vibliome, working on kinase inhibitors and their escape pathways
• Conducted market research survey on acceptability of novel male contraceptives with 1500 men in the US

​2016

• Partnerships established with FHI360 and DKT International
  
• Board of Directors expands to a total of 7
  
• Scientific Advisory Board convened
  

2015

• Indiegogo campaign raises $10k in donations for MCI
• Grant awarded to Dr. Gary Flynn at the University of Montana

2014

• Aaron Hamlin, JD, MBA hired as the first Executive Director
• Name of the organization is changed to Male Contraception Initiative (MCI)

2013

• Article published in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News titled, “Men and Women Need a New Contraceptive” by David C. Sokal
  
• The Foundation for Male Contraception incorporated as a 501(c)3
  
• First funding awarded from Elaine Lissner of the Parsemus Foundation
  

2012

David C. Sokal, MD gives a presentation making the case for new reversible male contraceptives at a WHO Technical Consultation in Geneva

Annual Reports

2019 Annual Report
2018 Annual Report
2017 Annual Report
2016 Annual Report
2014/2015 Annual Report