Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-04-29. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If you're a faculty researcher at an under-resourced college or university without current NIH funding, this grant directly supports your biomedical research and trains the next generation of scientists.
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What this is
This is a capacity-building grant from the National Institutes of Health designed for full-time faculty at public or private colleges and universities that lack substantial NIH funding. You must not currently hold an NIH Research Project Grant (except prior SuRE awards) to be eligible. The grant supports your own investigator-initiated biomedical research across multiple NIH mission areas, with the dual goals of advancing science and providing meaningful research experiences for undergraduate and graduate students. Award amounts go up to $100,000, making this accessible for smaller-scope projects at under-resourced institutions.
Who can apply
You must be a full-time faculty member at a public or private higher education institution in the U.S. with no current NIH Research Project Grants (RPGs) except prior SuRE awards. Solo researchers and small teams at colleges and universities qualify; for-profit companies and non-academic organizations do not.
Eligible applicant types
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
Full description — from the agency
The SuRE program supports research capacity building at eligible higher education institutions by funding investigator-initiated biomedical research inbasic, social, clinical, behavioral, or translational science that falls in the mission areas of the NIH. The purpose of SuRE awards is to provide support for investigator-initiated research at resource-limited institutions by full-time faculty who are not currently funded by any NIH Research Project Grants (RPGs) with the exception of SuRE or SuRE-First awards, to furnish students with high-quality undergraduate and/or graduate research experiences, and to enhance the institutional scientific research culture.
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