Standard Research Innovation Grants
AFSP Standard Research Innovation Grants fund investigator-led research to understand, prevent, or treat suicide, requiring at least one suicide outcome measure and encouraging work with diverse or high-risk populations.
Funder: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Due Dates (Anticipated): November 2026 (Full application submission deadline for Standard Research Innovation Grants; projected)
Funding Amounts: Up to $125,000 total for a 2-year project; awarded to individual investigators at any career stage.
Summary: Supports innovative, investigator-initiated research on suicide or suicide prevention, requiring at least one suicide outcome measure.
Key Information: All dates are projected; confirm on the program page before applying.
Description
Standard Research Innovation Grants are the primary individual-investigator awards within the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s (AFSP) Innovation Grants program. These grants support innovative research projects focused on understanding the causes of suicide, identifying risk factors, or testing treatments and interventions designed to prevent suicide. Projects must include at least one suicide outcome measure and are intended to provide sufficient resources for a two-year project led by a single principal investigator, though collaborations are permitted. AFSP encourages research addressing priority areas such as ethnic and racial diversity, understudied populations with elevated suicide rates, and survivors of suicide loss. Funded investigators are expected to participate in the dissemination of research findings and engage with the broader suicide prevention research community.
