Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NIH SuRE R16 funds investigator-initiated biomedical research and research capacity building at eligible resource-limited higher education institutions, with student research experiences, for faculty not currently funded by NIH RPGs except SuRE/SuRE-First.
⚑ Clinical Trial Not Allowed · Only eligible higher-education institutions may use the program; intended for resource-limited institutions · PI must be a full-time faculty member who is not currently funded by NIH RPGs except SuRE or SuRE-First · Foreign organizations, foreign components, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not allowed
This is an NIH capacity-building mechanism for investigator-initiated biomedical/clinical/behavioral research, which is outside IPPRA’s core public opinion, hazard communication, energy, and education policy lines. Even if the team could technically do some behavioral work, this is not the kind of program they would pursue as PI-level research.
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Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 58 good | peripheral portfolio topic: public_health; signature methods: surveys longitudinal, community engaged; social/behavioral work is substantial; funds basic research; biomedical core — IPPRA health lane is communication/crisis/policy (capped); clinical-trial/biomedical core — IPPRA angle is policy/community (capped) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 55 good | technical depth: minor; funds basic research |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 15 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
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.
Eligibility
Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are not eligible to apply.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: National Institutes of Health <grantsinfo@nih.gov>
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