Pilot Innovation Grants
AFSP Pilot Innovation Grants fund early-stage, exploratory research to generate preliminary data or resources for future suicide prevention studies.
Funder: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Due Dates (Anticipated): November 2026 (Full application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: Up to $50,000 total over 2 years (seed funding for pilot/exploratory suicide research)
Summary: Supports early-stage, exploratory suicide research projects to generate preliminary data or resources for future larger studies.
Description
Pilot Innovation Grants from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) provide seed funding for early-stage or exploratory projects in suicide research. These grants are intended to support feasibility studies, development of new resources, or preliminary work—such as treatment manual development or new biomarker identification—rather than fully powered, hypothesis-driven research. The goal is to generate initial data or resources needed to support subsequent, larger-scale studies and to foster innovation in approaches to understanding and preventing suicide. Projects must be centered on suicide or suicide prevention and include at least one suicide outcome measure.
