[YSPNetwork] American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Announces New Research Grant Deadlines

[Sarah RAMOWSKI]

Deadline: December 15, 2007; and June 15, 2008

 The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention ( http://afsp.org/ )
 is the only national not-for-profit organization exclusively
 dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through
 research and education, and to reaching out to people with
 mood disorders and those affected by suicide.

 Beginning December 15, 2007, AFSP will accept and review appli-
 cations for all categories of research grants and fellowships
 two times a year, with submission deadlines of December 15 and
 June 15. The change is designed to make the foundation's research
 grant program more responsive to time-sensitive topics, with high
 relevance for suicide research.

 A second change approved by the scientific council is an increase
 in the grant amounts for Standard Research Grants (from a maximum
 of $60,000 to $75,000), Young Investigator Grants (from $70,000
 to $85,000), and Pilot Grants (from $20,000 to $30,000). Distin-
 guished Investigator Grants and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
 will remain at their current levels of $100,000.

 AFSP research grants support studies that aim to increase under-
 standing of the causes of suicide and factors related to suicide
 risk, or to test treatments and other interventions designed to
 prevent suicide. Investigators from all academic disciplines are
 eligible to apply, and both basic science and applied research
 projects will be considered, providing the study has an essential
 focus on suicide or suicide prevention. AFSP grants are awarded
 for one- or two-year periods.

 AFSP offers research funding in five categories: Distinguished
 Investigator Grants are awarded to investigators at the level
 of associate professor or higher with an established record of
 research and publication on suicide; Standard Research Grants
 are awarded to individual investigators at any level; Young In-
 vestigator Grants are awarded to investigators at the level of
 assistant professor or lower; Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
 are awarded to investigators who have received a Ph.D., M.D.,
 or other doctoral degree within the preceding six years and have
 not had more than three years of fellowship support; and Pilot
 Grants are awarded to investigators at any level to support new
 projects that have the potential to lead to subsequent larger
 investigations.

 For complete program guidelines, eligibility criteria, and app-
 lication procedures, see the AFSP Web site.

 RFP Link:
 http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008858/afsp

 For additional RFPs in Medical Research, visit:
 http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_medical_research.jhtml
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