#aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #dgjd  ,,an ,,act  ,to direct the   
,director of the ,national ,science     
,foundation to support multidisciplinary
 research on the science of suicide1 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 wellbeing1 resilience1 and           
vulnerability4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,advancing     
,research to ,prevent ,suicide ,act4    
#b4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3  7#a7 ,the rate of ,americans
 dying by suicide is on the rise1       
increasing #aj4g to #ad4j deaths per    
#ajj1jjj people from #bjja to #bjag4    
7#b7 ,suicide is the tenth-leading cause
 of death among people in the ,united   
,states and the second-leading cause of 
death for young people between the ages 
of #ae and #cd4  7#c7 ,the ,national    
,science ,foundation funds research that

 is improving our basic understanding of
 factors with potential relevance to    
suicide1 including potential relevance  
to prevention and treatment4  7#d7      
,despite progress in mental health      
research1 current gaps exist in         
scientific understanding and basic      
knowledge of human neural1 genetic1     
cognitive1 perceptual1 behavioral1      
social1 and environmental factors with  
potential relevance to suicide4  #c4    
,national ,science ,foundation research 
7a7 ,the ,director of the ,national     
,science ,foundation1 in consultation   
with the ,director of the ,national     
,institutes of ,health and the ,director
 of the ,national ,institute on ,mental 
,health where appropriate1 shall1       
subject to the availability of          
appropriations1 award grants on a       
competitive1 merit-reviewed basis to    
institutions of higher education 7or    
consortia of such institutions7 to      
support multidisciplinary1 fundamental  
research with potential relevance to    

suicide1 including potential relevance  
to prevention and treatment1 including  
but not limited to-- 7#a7 basic         
understanding of human social behavior2 
7#b7 the neural basis of human          
cognition2  7#c7 basic understanding of 
cognitive1 linguistic1 social1 cultural 
and biological processes related to     
human development across the lifespan2  
7#d7 basic understanding of perceptual1 
motor1 and cognitive processes1 and     
their interaction1 in typical human     
behavior2 and  7#e7 basic understanding 
of the relevance of drug and alcohol    
abuse4  7b7 ,to promote the development 
of early career researchers1 in awarding
 funds under subsection 7a7 the         
,national ,science ,foundation shall    
encourage applications submitted by     
early career researchers1 including     
doctoral students or postdoctoral       
researchers4  ,passed the ,house of     
,representatives ,january #bg1          
#bjbj4;,clerk4