Closed · PAR-24-145 · CFDA 93.113;93.121;93.172;93.173;93.242;93.273;93.279;93.361;93.398;93.846;93.847;93.853;93.855;93.859;93.866;93.867;93.879 · Discretionary

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

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institutes of Health, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $125K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 23, 2025
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Support for Research Excellence First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) is a closed discretionary listing from National Institutes of Health that offered Up to $125,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 12,419 other opportunities from National Institutes of Health.

up to $125K
award range
Closed
application status
93.113;93.121;93.172;93.173;93.242;93.273;93.279;93.361;93.398;93.846;93.847;93.853;93.855;93.859;93.866;93.867;93.879
CFDA program
12,419
other opportunities from National Institutes of Health

Archived opportunity record

Support for Research Excellence First Indepen… is closed (last close May 23, 2025). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Institutes of Health still indexes 12,419 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed May 23, 2025

Posted Mar 14 Closes May 23

Instrument

Grant

Description

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 research grant support for faculty investigators who have not had prior independent external research grants, to furnish students with high-quality undergraduate and/or graduate research experiences and to enhance the institutional scientific research culture.

Multi-door applicant board · 3 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 3 distinct applicant types for Support for Research Excellence First Indepen… (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education; Others (see official listing text)). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Education · Environment · Food and Nutrition · Health (ED;ENV;FN;HL). Only 256 other National Institutes of Health listings share this exact eligibility-code string (2% of 12,420).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education
Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

Support for Research Excellence First Indepen… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Browse open federal opportunities in the same category when this listing is closed. Open opportunities
  • Look up CFDA 93.113;93.121;93.172;93.173;93.242;93.273;93.279;93.361;93.398;93.846;93.847;93.853;93.855;93.859;93.866;93.867;93.879 across all indexed listings before you commit to this opportunity alone. Eligibility finder
  • National Institutes of Health lists 12,419 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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