b'Learning How to Save Lives Fund New Research Our Research Grant TypesMuch of what is known about suicide comes fromInnovation Grants Have you ever wondered what leadsstudies that AFSP has funded. Our studies openThrough the funding of 2-year Innovationup new areas of inquiry, and our Scientific CouncilGrants, AFSP supports pioneering work thatsomeone to make a suicide attempt,helps set the national research agenda. will increase our understanding of suicide. or how thinking may be different forIn addition to addressing the six questionsthe suicidal person? Does suicide outlined by the National Action Alliance for Innovation grant types include:run in families? How are genesSuicide Prevention, our grants typically cover Linked Standard Research related to suicide?at least one of the following six categories: Distinguished Investigator Neurobiology of suicideStandard ResearchThese are the kinds of questions we attempt toPsychosocial risk factors & warning signsYoung Investigator answer through our state-of-the-art researchGeneticsPost-doctoral Fellowship portfolio. AFSP was founded as a research organization dedicated to identifying evidence- TreatmentPilot Grant informed strategies to help save lives. Over 30Community interventions Focus Grants years later, we remain the largest private funderSurvivors of suicide lossof suicide prevention research, shaping suicideFocus Grants are targeted, novel andprevention strategies around the world. Selecting the Best Studies potentially high-impact studies addressing designated understudied areas determinedOnce submitted, grant applications are reviewedby our Scientific Council.Our Strategyby at least two experts from our International Scientific Advisors. The most promising applications from the first round are sent forfor Impacta second, even more rigorous round of review Researchers Sayby members of our Research Grants Committee."The American Foundation for Suicide Fund innovative new research through ourThe top scoring applications from this review arePrevention is a key partner with theresearch grants programthen discussed and scored by the committee at aNational Institute of Mental Health. AFSP\'s two day in-person or virtual meeting. The highestfocus on supporting investigators early Build a research community by recruiting,scoring grants are recommended to our Scientificin their careers or investigators who have training, and guiding researchersCouncil and then the AFSP Board of Directors. novel ideas that need pilot data in orderShare our findings with a general audience to be proven worthy enough for moreto help create a culture thats smart about major investmentsthat\'s a wonderfulmental health role for AFSP to play."Josh Gordon, M.D., Ph.D,Director of NIMH'