The SuRE program supports research capacity building at eligible higher education institutions through funding investigator-initiated research in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences that falls in the NIH mission areas. Eligible institutions must award undergraduate (B.S. or B.A.) and/or graduate degrees in biomedical sciences, have received no more than $6 million per year (total costs) from NIH Research Project Grants (RPGs) in each of the preceding two fiscal years at the time of application submission, and enrolled at least 25% of undergraduate students supported by Pell grants for the two most recent years of reported data.

Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award

SuRE (R16-Clinical Trials Not Allowed; PAR-25-414) awards support faculty at eligible institutions who are not currently funded by any NIH Research Project Grants (RPGs) with the exception of SuRE or SuRE-First awards.

Support for Research Excellence - First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award

SuRE-First (R16-Clinical Trials Not Allowed; PAR-25-415) awards support faculty at eligible institutions who have not had any prior independent, peer-reviewed, external research grants.

For more information on SuRE-First and SuRE, potential applicants are encouraged to reach out to the scientific appropriate Institute, Center, or Office Scientific/Research Contact listed in Section VII of the NOFO of interest. For research projects relevant to the NIGMS mission, applicants are encouraged to send an email to: NIGMSSuRE@nih.gov.

Resource Center for the SuRE Program

A SuRE Resource Center (U24) has been established to enhance the administrative research infrastructure of SuRE-eligible institutions and to provide services to advise investigators who are interested in applying for a SuRE R16 award.