Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Mussallem CHD Blue-Sky Therapeutics RFP
Funder Deadline: 08/17/2026 (LOI); 11/09/2026 (Full Application)
Amount: Up to $350,000
Focus: Early-stage, high-risk, non-device therapeutic innovation for congenital heart defects
Ernest Hemingway Research Grants
Funder Deadline: 11/01/2026
Amount: Up to $5,000
Focus: Scholars and students interested in researching the Ernest Hemingway Collection + view additional awards.
The 2027 Stockholm Water Prize
Funder Nomination Deadline: 09/15/2026
Amount: 1 million SEK ($103,393)
Focus: Outstanding contributions to the sustainable use and protection of the world’s water resources.
AACR-Debbie's Dream Foundation Gastric Cancer Innovation and Discovery Grant
Funder Deadline: 07/22/2026
Amount: $100,000
Grants Program
Funder Deadline: 09/15/2026
Amount: Unspecified
Focus: Architecture and related fields.
Society for the Humanities Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 09/01/2026
Amount: $68,000
Focus: Interdisciplinary
Request for Proposals: Global Health and Wellbeing in an Era of Transformative AI
Funder Deadline: 08/21/2026
Amount: Up to $10,000,000
Focus: Research, policy development, implementation, and field-building projects that help ensure AI improves human health and wellbeing, with particular attention to risks and benefits to the global poor.
Technology Proposals
Funder Deadline: 07/31/2026
Amount: Up to $400,000
Focus: Projects that develop novel technologies to solve ocean problems. Funding focus areas include: sustaining fisheries, habitat health, ocean observing, and network support.
Implementation Awards
Funder Deadline: 09/09/2026 (LOI); 01/12/2027 (Full application)
Amount: Up to $1.8 Million
Focus: Projects that aim to implement patient-centered CER results obtained from PCORI-funded research in real-world practice settings, and in selected cases, projects that focus on planning for implementation of these findings or on the dissemination of these findings.
Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award Program
Funder Deadline: 10/1/2026 (LOI); 01/11/2027 (Full application)
Amount: Varies
Focus: Projects that build communities equipped to engage in patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) and disseminate PCORI-funded research results to those who need them.