The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is accepting Letters of Intent for its Focus Grants program, which supports targeted, innovative, and potentially high-impact studies that seek to inform and transform suicide-prevention efforts.

Through the annual program, grants of up to $500,000 per year for up to three years will be awarded in support of innovative research focused on short-term risks for suicide that can be readily implemented in clinical settings. Projects can also focus on the development of universal, selective, or indicated interventions that target one or more specific risk factors for suicide and that, if implemented on a large scale, would reduce the U.S. national suicide rate. In addition, the program supports innovative, impactful studies in new areas of investigation with potentially high impact for the understanding and prevention of suicide.

The program is open to researchers from all fields of inquiry.

Letters of Intent must be received no later than August 1. Upon review selected applicants will be invited to submit a full application by December 7, 2018.

See the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.

Subject: Mental Health