Linked Standard Research Innovation Grants
Linked Standard Research Innovation Grants support investigators collaborating across sites on research to understand suicide and test treatments or interventions that could prevent it.
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Funder: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Due Dates: September 15, 2026 (LOI—policy document) | September 18, 2026 (LOI—2026 cycle) | November 15, 2026 (Full application)
Funding Amounts: Up to $450,000 over two years; indirect costs up to 8% within the total budget
Summary: Supports multisite research that advances understanding of suicide or tests treatments and interventions to prevent it.
Key Information: Only invited applicants may submit full applications; each participating site must contribute essential, unique expertise and data collection.
Description
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) offers Linked Standard Research Innovation Grants to investigators at any academic rank conducting collaborative suicide research across two or more unique sites. Projects must use a common protocol and require expertise from the participating sites, rather than simply duplicate a study or expand its sample. Basic science, applied research, treatment-feasibility studies, and unique suicide-related additions to larger funded studies may be considered.
The program supports new directions in understanding suicide and testing treatments or other preventive interventions. Every project must include a suicide outcome measure. For 2024–2026, AFSP prioritizes ethnic and racial diversity and inequities, understudied populations and settings with elevated suicide rates, and the impact of suicide loss and healing. Applications outside these priority areas are also welcome.
