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116th Congress > House > Vote 723
Clerk session vote number: 24
Sponsor: MCADAMS, Ben (D-UT)
Description: Advancing Research to Prevent Suicide Act
Bill summary:
Advancing Research to Prevent Suicide Act
This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF), taking into consideration prioritized research agendas or strategic plans, as appropriate, to award competitive, merit-reviewed grants to institutions of higher education (or their consortia) to support multidisciplinary, fundamental research with potential relevance to suicide, including potential relevance to prevention and treatment.
In awarding such grants, the NSF shall encourage applications submitted by early career researchers, including doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers, to promote the researchers' development.
Bill titles: To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support multidisciplinary research on the science of suicide, and to advance the knowledge and understanding of issues that may be associated with several aspects of suicide including intrinsic and extrinsic factors related to areas such as wellbeing, resilience, and vulnerability.
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