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PAR-24-144: Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Closed Closed May 23, 2025 Opportunity PAR-24-144

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-25-414). Status: Due dates in the notice, expires September 7, 2028. It is in our archive of National Institutes of Health notices from 2024.

National Institutes of Health offered grants of up to $100,000 to colleges and universities. Applications closed on May 23, 2025.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed May 15, 2025. Checked November 7, 2026.

About this NIH notice

Projects funded under PAR-24-144 were run by National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS, 32 projects), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, 6 projects), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS, 3 projects) and National Eye Institute (NEI, 2 projects), and 2 more. Contact the program officer at the institute that fits your project before you apply; the notice lists them.

Application due dates, page limits and budget limits are set in the notice. Read PAR-24-144 in the NIH Guide.

Other notices with this title

National Institutes of Health has posted this title under other numbers: earlier or later rounds, or the same competition for another area. Each has its own dates and may change its rules.

NoticePostedDeadlineStatus
PAR-25-414June 13, 2025Due dates in the notice, expires September 7, 2028Open
PAR-21-169March 18, 2021Closed September 7, 2023Closed

Key dates

PostedMarch 14, 2024
DeadlineMay 23, 2025
Archived by Grants.govJune 22, 2025

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to colleges and universities.

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; 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.

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What the grant funds

The SuRE program supports research capacity building at eligible higher education institutions bythrough 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 awards is to provide research grant support for faculty investigators at resource-limited institutions who are not currently funded by any NIH Research Project Grants (RPGs) - with the exception of SuRE or SuRE-First awards, to furnish students with high-quality undergraduate and/or graduate research experiences and to enhance the institutional scientific research culture.

Category: Education, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health.

Funded under PAR-24-144 so far

NIH funded 46 projects under PAR-24-144 in fiscal 2025 to 2026, at 37 institutions. The median yearly award was $146,960.

Most projects: Nova Southeastern University (Florida), 3, California State Univ San Bernardino (California), 2, Howard University (District of Columbia), 2, University of Nevada Las Vegas (Nevada), 2, North Carolina Agri & Tech St Univ (North Carolina), 2.

From NIH RePORTER, which lists each project once per fiscal year it was funded. Amounts are the yearly award.

Who has won Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research (93.855) awarded $22 billion across 13,282 grant awards, an average of $1.6 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Fred Hutchinson Cancer CenterWashington85$938 million
Duke UniversityNorth Carolina230$781 million
University of California, Los AngelesCalifornia138$745 million
The Johns Hopkins UniversityMaryland321$668 million
Emory UniversityGeorgia282$650 million

Top states: California ($3.4 billion), Massachusetts ($2.1 billion), Washington ($1.9 billion), New York ($1.8 billion), North Carolina ($1.5 billion).

Who has won Aging Research grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Aging Research (93.866) awarded $19 billion across 11,026 grant awards, an average of $1.7 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
The Regents of the University of California, San FranciscoCalifornia337$575 million
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York242$574 million
University of Southern CaliforniaCalifornia203$572 million
The Washington UniversityMissouri210$556 million
Regents of the University of MichiganMichigan232$538 million

Top states: California ($3.4 billion), New York ($2.0 billion), Massachusetts ($1.8 billion), Pennsylvania ($1.0 billion), Texas ($912 million).

Who has won Biomedical Research and Research Training grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Biomedical Research and Research Training (93.859) awarded $15 billion across 11,631 grant awards, an average of $1.3 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
The Leland Stanford Junior UniversityCalifornia186$290 million
Regents of the University of MichiganMichigan226$268 million
University of California, San DiegoCalifornia198$264 million
Yale UnivConnecticut195$250 million
University of Wisconsin SystemWisconsin169$241 million

Top states: California ($2.1 billion), New York ($1.4 billion), Massachusetts ($971 million), Texas ($833 million), Pennsylvania ($680 million).

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Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, PAR-25-414, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is PAR-24-144 still open?

No. It closed on May 23, 2025. A newer notice is open: PAR-25-414, due dates in the notice, expires September 7, 2028.

Who can apply for Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)?

National Institutes of Health accepted applications from colleges and universities. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)?

Closed May 23, 2025. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $100,000 each.

Who has been funded under PAR-24-144?

NIH RePORTER lists 46 projects funded under PAR-24-144 in fiscal 2025 to 2026, at 37 institutions. The most were at Nova Southeastern University, California State Univ San Bernardino, Howard University.

Who has won Environmental Health grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The program made 1,980 awards worth $2.1 billion in that time.

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