American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to Visit BU (virtually) on May 8th
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) supports research that will increase understanding of suicide or test treatments and other interventions that save lives. Recent focus areas include:
- Diversity: Suicide in underrepresented communities, health and mental health disparities and inequities, support for researchers from underrepresented backgrounds.
- Evaluation of technology: Testing of technological interventions for suicide prevention.
- Survivors of Suicide Loss: impact of suicide loss and its after-effects, healing.
AFSP awards nine types of grants, including Pilot Innovation Grants ($50,000 over two years), Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Innovation Grants ($140,000 over two years), and three types of three-year, $1.5M Research Focus Grants.
Letters of intent are typically due in early August, invited proposals in November.
Attendees will learn about the foundation’s current areas of focus and grant-making processes and get advice on crafting strong proposals.
The Foundation will be visiting with BU on Wednesday, May 8th from 12pm-1pm via Zoom. To take part, you can visit the BU Office of Research’s RSVP site.
About the Meet the Funder Series
The Meet the Funder series, sponsored by BU Foundation Relations, offers virtual workshops designed to acquaint BU faculty and researchers with foundations and other private charitable organizations that offer opportunities and programs for grant-seekers.