American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Overview

Through their Blue Sky research grant, funder seeks to support innovative, highly impactful suicide prevention research work that are not suitable for their standard Innovation Grants. Seeking to advance the understanding of suicidal behavior and improve prevention efforts, funder's requirements are:

• The study must be highly innovative.
• The impact for suicide prevention must be clearly described. If impact will not be in the near term, please describe the path from discovery to implementation.
• The study is clearly beyond the financial scope of our Innovation Grants for reasons other than only increased sample size.
• The study must be grounded in a conceptual model.
• Evidence for the feasibility of data collection must be provided.
• The outcome must include suicidal behavior.
• This is not a mechanism for local program evaluation.
• Not limited to studies conducted in the U.S.

Important Information

Funder encourages collaborative projects with investigators experienced in suicide research. Matching funds or partnering with a large healthcare system is also encouraged.

If you are considering an application in which you are the Principal Investigator, please ensure you meet PI eligibility requirements.

Process

This is a two-step application process.