SURA Membership by the Numbers
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Jefferson Lab: World’s Largest Community of Nuclear Physicists
U.S. Ph.D.’s in nuclear physics did their research at JLab
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SURA News and Events
SURA Selected as Subcontractor for NASA Ames Research Center’s $256M FILMSS II Contract
NewsWASHINGTON D.C. – The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) is proud to announce its role as a subcontractor in the recently awarded Fully Integrated Lifecycle Mission Support Services 2 (FILMSS II) contract, led by Amentum Services Inc. of...
SURA Presents Distinguished Scientist Awards
WASHINGTON D.C. ― The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) is pleased to announce the selections of Dr. Jizhong Zhou of the University of Oklahoma and Dr. Chryssa Kouveliotou of The George Washington University as the 2024 recipients of the SURA...
The 2024 MSI Graduate Awardees have been selected
WASHINGTON D.C. ― The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) is pleased to announce that MaKhaila Bentil, Joy Watson, and Emma Quarles, have been selected as the inaugural recipients of the 2024 Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Graduate...
Our Leadership Team
“20% of SURA’s university members are minority-serving institutions. We continue to develop new initiatives to attract an ever-growing number of students from these MSIs to lead or participate in SURA fellowships, research, and graduate programs.”
– Sean Hearne, President and CEO