Funding Opportunities

This announcement contains three funding announcements that fall under the Focus Grant category. These mechanisms are as follows: (1) Short Term Risk - The Focus grant for short-term risk is open to innovative, potentially high-yield proposals that focus on short-term risk for suicide. It is intended for The Focus grant for short-term risk is open to innovative, potentially high-yield proposals that focus on short-term risk for suicide. Implementation and/or dissemination science related to previously developed, evidence based assessment(s) and/or intervention(s) for reducing short-term risk for suicide that can be applied in clinical settings. (2) Reaching 20% - AFSP has set a goal to reduce our nation’s suicide rate 20%. We believe that by targeting areas known to contribute to suicide burden we can reach this goal. This Focus Grant RFA seeks applications that address potential biological, psychological, social and/or environmental pathways and interventions that can significantly reduce the national suicide rate if ultimately implemented on a large scale. The goal is to develop universal, selective or indicated interventions that target suicide prevention in healthcare systems, emergency departments, corrections settings, or among the gun owning community, that, if implemented on a large scale, would reduce the annual U.S. suicide rate. (3) Blue Sky Research Grant - Supports an innovative, impactful study in an area of suicide research that will achieve significant goals. This mechanism is intended for studies that, by their very nature, are clearly beyond the financial scope of our Innovation Grants. It seeks innovative projects in new areas of investigation with potentially high impact for the understanding and prevention of suicide. Open to all fields of inquiry.