American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - funding opportunities ($ 500,000)

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) invites applications for its Grant Cycle 2017-2018. Upcoming deadline is August 1, 2017. AFSP Suicide Grants support studies aimed at increasing our understanding of the causes of suicide and factors related to suicide risk, or that test treatments and other interventions designed to prevent suicide. Funding is between $ 30,000 and $ 500,000.

Researchers can apply for the following grants:

• Focus Grants: each year our research department requests applications for innovative, high-risk, potentially high-yield projects that focus on a specific area of suicide prevention. These areas have been determined by AFSP and its Scientific Council, and are reviewed and updated annually (August 1, 2017);
• Linked Standard Research Innovation Grants: Grants awarded to investigators at any level performing research involving two or more unique sites with each site contributing unique expertise, as well as data collection (September 15, 2017);
• Distinguished Investigator Innovation Grants: Grants awarded to investigators at the level of associate professor or higher with an established record of research and publication on suicide (November 15, 2017);
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Innovation Grants: Grants awarded to investigators who have received a Ph.D., M.D., or other doctoral degree within the preceding six years and have had no more than three years of fellowship support (November 15, 2017);
• Standard Research Innovation Grants: Grants awarded to individual investigators at any level (November 15, 2017);
• Young Investigator Innovation Grants: Grants awarded to investigators at or below the level of assistant professor. These grants must allocate $ 10,000 ($ 5,000 per year) of their award for an established suicide researcher to mentor the Young Investigator. AFSP is available to assist you in identifying a suitable mentor (November 15, 2017);
• Pilot Innovation: Awarded to investigators at any level, these grants provide seed funding for new projects that have the potential to lead to larger investigations. These grants typically entail feasibility studies rather than hypothesis-driven research (November 15, 2017).

All grants are designed to support research on suicide from a variety of disciplines, including psychiatry, medicine, psychology, genetics, epidemiology, neurobiology, sociology, nursing, social work, health services administration, and many others. Grants are not intended to support the development or implementation of prevention programs, educational programs, treatments, or other interventions that do not have a significant research component.