Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Demonstrating Health Solutions, Science in Action
Funder Deadline: 11/18/2026 (LOI)
Amount: Not Specified
2027 Request for Proposals
Funder Deadline: 11/04/2026 (LOI); 02/04/2027 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Up to $400,000
Focus: Food safety practices for fruit, vegetable, and tree nut production, harvest, post-harvest handling, and distribution.
USPOULTRY Comprehensive Research Program Competition
Funder Deadline: 11/02/2026 (LOI); 01/29/2027 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Not Specified
Focus: Commercial poultry industry.
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.
Modernizing Academic Appointment Advancement (MA3) Challenge
Funder Deadline: 1/08/2027
Amount: $250,000
Focus: Reimagine academic hiring, review, promotion, and tenure (RPT) processes
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance
Funder Deadline: 10/26/2026 (LOI)
Amount: $750,000
Note: Applicants must have at least two (2) years of experience running their own laboratories but no more than six (6) years of experience by the start date of the Prize (July 2027).
APA Congressional Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 1/04/2027
Amount: $93,750 stipend + $3,500 stipend for professional development
Focus: Fellows spend one year working on the staff of a member of Congress or congressional committee
The Davis Center Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 12/02/2026
Amount: Unspecified
Focus: Property and Poverty.
Middle Powers and Transformative AI: Request for Proposals
Funder Deadline: 10/23/2026
Amount: Up to $2 million
Simons Collaborations in Mathematics and the Physical Sciences
Funder Deadline: 10/29/2026 (LOI); 02/24/2027 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Up to $2 million
Focus: Mathematics, theoretical physics and theoretical computer science.