The goal of this proposal is to develop and pilot a pragmatic equity planning tool using experienced HIV- focused research partnerships between Uganda, a low- and middle-income country (LMIC), and the United States (US), a high-income country (HIC), as a case series given the dominance of the HIV epidemic on global health research paradigms over the past 40 years and the continued focus as a priority for many research partnerships in Uganda and the US. Collectively, this proposal seeks to elucidate a tool to recognize and, importantly, rectify equity-related issues and instigate change at a program level within international research partnerships. This K01 will provide Dr. Chelsea Modlin with the training she requires in advanced qualitative and ethnographic methods including reflexivity, empiric and applied methods in international research ethics, and developing global health program assessment tools. This award will also support preliminary research findings needed to pursue R01 funding to scale up the equity planning tool to other geographic areas and fields of global health research. This tool has the potential to assist with ensuring that the ongoing research practices, outputs, and legacies of international research collaborations benefit both research partners and ultimately, the global communities they serve.