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.
What it funds
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