Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The SuRE program supports research capacity building at eligible higher education institutions by funding investigator-initiated biomedical research in basic, 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. The program aims to furnish students with high-quality undergraduate and/or graduate research experiences, and to enhance the institutional scientific research culture. This funding opportunity does not allow clinical trials and is specifically designed to build research capacity at institutions that may have limited resources for conducting biomedical research.