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Note 5 - Government Grants (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2007	Jul. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Revenue from Grants	$ 223,089us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants	$ 322,086us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants	$ 180,441us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants	$ 157,340us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants	$ 174,738us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants	$ 1,004,211us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants	$ 441,561us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants	$ 797,040us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants	$ 882,956us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants	$ 2,417,550us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants	$ 2,657,327us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants
First N I H Grant [Member]
Revenue from Grants									624,689us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_FirstNIHGrantMember	833,390us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_FirstNIHGrantMember	2,227,924us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_FirstNIHGrantMember
Grant Award												20,400,000govx_GrantAward / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_FirstNIHGrantMember
Unused Grant Funds	75,464govx_UnusedGrantFunds / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_FirstNIHGrantMember								75,464govx_UnusedGrantFunds / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_FirstNIHGrantMember
NIH Grants [Member]
Revenue from Grants									882,956us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_NIHGrantsMember	2,417,550us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_NIHGrantsMember	2,657,327us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_NIHGrantsMember
SBIR Grant [Member]
Revenue from Grants									258,267us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_SBIRGrantMember	154,563us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_SBIRGrantMember	0us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_SBIRGrantMember
Grant Award													289,641govx_GrantAward / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_SBIRGrantMember	276,690govx_GrantAward / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_SBIRGrantMember
Unused Grant Funds	153,501govx_UnusedGrantFunds / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_SBIRGrantMember								153,501govx_UnusedGrantFunds / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_SBIRGrantMember
Second N I H Grant [Member]
Revenue from Grants									0us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_SecondNIHGrantMember	1,429,597us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_SecondNIHGrantMember	429,403us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_SecondNIHGrantMember
Grant Award															$ 1,900,000govx_GrantAward / us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenueSourcesAxis = govx_SecondNIHGrantMember

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(e))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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