AFSP Research Grants (Innovation Grant portfolio)
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
A ladder of suicide-prevention research grants from $50,000 pilot awards up to $500,000/year Focus Grants, open to all academic disciplines. Every funded project must include a suicide-related outcome measure.
- Indicative award
- $50k–$500k (varies by call)Pilot Innovation up to $50,000/2yr; Standard up to $125,000/2yr; Early Career up to $140,000/2yr (incl. $14,000 mentorship); Postdoctoral Fellowship up to $140,000/2yr; Distinguished Investigator up to $150,000/2yr; Linked Standard up to $450,000/2yr; Focus Grants up to $500,000 per year for up to 3
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Aug, Sep, NovPublished deadline: 2026-09-18 — passed. Kept for reference; check the funder's page for the next cycle.Letters of intent are staggered by mechanism. The page lists a Focus Grant LOI deadline of 1 August 2026 (now past) and a Linked Standard Research Innovation Grant LOI deadline of 18 September 2026. Check the mechanism you want before planning.
- Who can apply
- Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Open to investigators in any academic discipline at non-profit institutions; for-profit organisations and federal/state agencies are ineligible, though VA applications are accepted. Postdoctoral fellowship track requires a doctorate received within the preceding six years.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- suicide prevention · suicide risk · intervention research · postdoctoral fellowship
- Apply at
- https://afsp.org/research-grant-information
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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