Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Fellowships/Grants for Americans in the Nordic Countries
Funder Deadline: 11/01/2026
Amount: Up to $23,000
Focus: Research or creative arts projects in the Nordic region (Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Sápmi, and Norway).
Research Proposals
Funder Deadline: 01/30/2027 (LOI); 03/1/2027 (Full application)
Amount: Unspecified
Focus: Educational outcomes for children (birth through age 18).
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowship in Plant Biology
Funder Deadline: 12/03/2026
Amount: Up to $360,000
Note: Applicants should have received their Ph.D. or equivalent degree no earlier than three (3) years before the fellowship application deadline.
Request for Proposals: Integrating Digital Public Goods to Advance AI-Enabled Formative Assessment
Funder Deadline: 11/20/2026
Amount: Not specified
Mercor AI Research Fund Grants
Funder Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Varies
CASBS Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 10/30/2026
Amount: Stipend, housing subsidy, and relocation costs.
Focus: Core social and behavioral sciences and also the humanities, education, linguistics, communications, and the biological, natural, health, and computer sciences
Note: Must reside within 15 miles of Center (based at Stanford) during fellowship.
Core Research Grants
Funder Deadline: 10/28/2026 (LOI); 02/22/2027 (Full application)
Amount: Varies
Focus: Social, Political, and Economic Inequality (SPEI) and the Future of Work (FOW).
Note: Accepting applications for: Social, Political and Economic Inequality (SPEI), Future of Work (FOW) and its special initiative on the Implications of the 2023 Supreme Court Decision to Ban Race-Conscious Admissions at Colleges and Universities for Educational Attainment and Economic Mobility. SCD23)
Deborah Munroe Noonan Memorial Research Fund
Funder Deadline: 12/02/2026 (LOI)
Amount: Up to $160,000
Focus: Children and adolescents with disabilities.
Note: Eligible organizations and target populations must be located within the Greater Boston area.
Broad-Spectrum Preventatives
Funder Deadline: 10/12/2026 (Prioritized applications); 12/31/2026
Amount: Up to $5 million
Focus: Development of Broad-spectrum preventatives (BSPS), which are medical products—a shot, a nasal spray, a pill, or similar—that defend individuals against rhinoviruses, influenza, coronaviruses, and other respiratory viruses simultaneously.
Margaret Olivia Sage Grants
Funder Deadline: 12/01/2026 (LOI); 02/22/2027 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Up to $750,000
Focus: To support research by multi- or inter-disciplinary teams on social, economic, and political challenges with generational consequences for social and living conditions in the United States, within four primary focus areas: democracy, the societal impacts of artificial intelligence, inequality and affordability, and data infrastructure for social science research.