UPDATE: The SuRE webinar occurred on April 2. The video is now available.

We’re pleased to announce that two funding opportunities for the Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) program have been reissued.

SuRE awards support investigator-initiated research projects in NIH mission areas and are open to faculty at institutions that award bachelor and/or graduate science degrees, receive limited NIH research support, and either serve a substantial number of students supported by Pell grants or are historically Black colleges and universities or Tribal colleges and universities. Faculty investigators who aren’t currently program directors/principal investigators (PD/PIs) of an active NIH research project grant are eligible to apply for a SuRE award (PAR-24-144). Faculty who haven’t had any prior independent research funding as PD/PIs are encouraged to apply for the SuRE-First award (PAR-24-145).

Next application receipt date: May 29, 2024
Earliest start date: April 2025

We strongly encourage all potential applicants and institutional officials to attend our upcoming preapplication webinar:

Tuesday, April 2, 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET
Zoom link
Join by phone: 1-646-828-7666 (New York), 1-669-254-5252 (San Jose)
Meeting ID: 160 907 2492
Passcode: NIGMS

During the webinar, we’ll present an overview of the SuRE and SuRE-First program objectives, go over changes from the prior notices of funding opportunities, and share our expectations for successful applications.

Participants are encouraged to submit questions prior to the webinar by contacting Irina Krasnova no later than April 1 or posting them in the chat box during the event. Those requiring sign language interpretation and/or other reasonable accommodations should use our contact form to request accommodations at least 5 days prior to the webinar.

The webinar and presentation slides will be posted on the SuRE webpage following the event.