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HCN Grants Est. 2026
No. PAR-25-415 · National Institutes of Health
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Support for Research Excellence First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Dealbreakers No cost share required Audit: not stated
Not reimbursement-only
“Grant: A financial assistance mechanism providing money, property, or both to an eligible entity to carry out an approved project or activity.” — From the announcement

At a glance

This program funds investigator-initiated biomedical research at eligible U.S. higher education institutions, with student participation required. It is for full-time faculty investigators who have not had any prior independent external research grants, and each applicant must have a U.S.-based mentor with relevant expertise and funding experience. Applicants may request up to $125,000 in direct costs per year for up to 4 years, and no cost sharing is required. Foreign organizations, foreign components, and clinical trials are not allowed. Eligible institutions must award biomedical science degrees, have received no more than $6 million per year in NIH research project grant total costs in each of the prior two fiscal years, and enroll at least 25% Pell grant-supported undergraduates.

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What it funds

  • Education
  • Environment
  • Food and Nutrition
  • Health
  • Income Security and Social Services
  • Research & Discovery
  • Training, Fellowship & Career Development
  • Researchers & Scholars
  • Students & Learners (K-12 and Postsecondary)
  • Biomedical & Disease Research
  • Higher Education Access, Institutions & Humanities
Official description from grants.gov

The SuRE program supports research capacity building at eligible higher education institutions through 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-First awards is to provide support for investigator-initiated research at resource-limited institutions by full-time faculty who have not had any prior independent, peer-reviewed, external research grants, to furnish students with high-quality undergraduate and/or graduate research experiences, and to enhance the institutional scientific research culture.

Who can apply

  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Geographic restriction None found in the announcement — likely nationwide