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

Federal funding opportunity PAR-25-415 from National Institutes of Health (Department of Health and Human Services).

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Posted: June 13, 2025
Closes: September 7, 2028
Award ceiling: $125,000
Cost sharing: No
Instrument: Grant
Assistance listing: 93.859, 93.242, 93.867, 93.307, 93.173, 93.361, 93.273, 93.279, 93.866, 93.879, 93.846, 93.113, 93.172, 93.853, 93.121, 93.286, 93.865, 93.398, 93.847, 93.855
Category: Education, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health, Income Security and Social Services
Archives: October 13, 2028

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 93.859 (one of 20 on this opportunity) across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.

FY2025 obligated: $3B
FY2026 obligated: $3B
FY2027 (to date) obligated: $0
Awards in window: 10,919

Top recipients: The Leland Stanford Junior University, Regents of the University of Michigan, Yale Univ, The Johns Hopkins University, University of Wisconsin System

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

Synopsis

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

Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education

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.

How to apply

Applications go through the official government listing. Grants Radar links you straight to the source — applying is free.

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