Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Grants
Recurring Funder Deadlines: 05/31 (annual deadline)
Amount: Unspecified (Featured grantees)
Focus: Projects to aid health-related organizations and causes, and/or projects focused on education, healthcare, and social services, education, health care, and social services that can grow over time and position communities to thrive
Basic Biological Research Grants
Funder Deadlines: 10/01 (annual LOI deadline)
Amount: Up to $300,000
Focus: Basic research in neurobiology
Proposals for Research Projects and Existing Program Evaluations
Funder Deadlines: 11/01/2026 (LOI) (Future deadlines)
Amount: Up to $375,000
Focus: Projects that will provide data to inform how to address disparities in educational opportunities
Basic Biological Research Grants
Funder Deadlines: 04/15 (annual LOI deadline)
Amount: Up to $300,000
Focus: Basic research in neurobiology
Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund - Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience
Funder Deadline: 02/01 (annual deadline)
Amount: Up to $450,000
Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation - Transformation of Mental Health Care Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 12/15 (annual deadline)
Amount: Up to $200,000
Focus: The Foundation is particularly interested in improving access to high-quality mental health care and prevention for children and adolescents
School of Natural Sciences 2026-2027 Membership
Funder Deadline: Rolling (biology)
Amount: Unspecified
Note: Membership positions include visiting professorships, sabbaticals, postdoctoral members and more. Biology applicants should directly email materials to audrey [at] ias [dot] edu.
Research Grant
Funder Deadlines: 12/01 (annual deadline)
Amount: Not specified (Past Grants)
Focus: Innovative cancer research
Research Grant
Funder Deadlines: 08/31 (annual deadline)
Amount: Not specified (Past Grants)
Focus: Innovative cancer research
CRI Lloyd J. Old STAR Program
Funder Deadline: 01/15 (LOI, annual deadline)
Amount: Up to $1,250,000
Focus: Mid-career researchers in cancer immunology