AFSP's mission is to reduce the national suicide rate by 20% by the year 2025. The organization aims to achieve this by focusing on the biological, psychological, social, and environmental factors known to contribute to the suicide burden in the United States.
The grant program focuses on supporting research aimed at improving our understanding of suicide and suicide prevention, interventions, training, and advocacy to prevent suicide. Specific causes include funding projects that explore the biological, psychological, and social factors contributing to suicide and identifying effective prevention strategies. Grants awarded to investigators who have received a Ph.D., M.D., or other doctoral degree within the preceding six years and have had no more than three years of fellowship support. Fellows receive a stipend of $56,000 per year and an institutional allowance of $14,000 per year.