Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 08/31 (annual deadline)
Amount: Up to $5,000
Focus: History of the life sciences
Career Transition Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 05/06/2026 (Pre-application); 08/12/2026 (Full Application)
Amount: Up to $650,000
Strategic Grantmaking
Funder Deadline: 05/31/2026
Amount: Up to $35,000
Call for Letters of Inquiry: Economic Research on the Returns to R&D Investment
Funder Deadline: 04/30/2026
Amount: $250,000
Assistance Dog Health Research Proposals
Funder Deadline: 04/29/2026
Amount: $100,000
One Mind Rising Star Awards
Funder Deadline: 04/27/2026
Amount: $300,000
Focus: Early-career investigators in neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology, and related fields
Novel Interventions Targeting Placental and Gut Inflammation to Improve Fetal Growth
Funder Deadline: 04/28/2026
Amount: Up to $1 million
Innovations in Cost-Disruptive Tools for Diagnosis and Screening
Funder Deadline: 04/28/2026
Amount: Up to $1 million
Cost-Disrupting Innovations to Reduce the Cost of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food
Funder Deadline: 04/28/2026
Amount: Up to $1.5 million
Focus: To reduce the total cost per child successfully treated for SAM in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Breakthrough Innovations to Significantly Reduce the Cost of Severe Acute Malnutrition Treatment
Funder Deadline: 04/28/2026
Amount: Up to $1.5 million
Focus: To reduce the ex-factory unit cost of RUTF in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia