Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants
Funder Deadlines: 07/23/2026
Amount: Up to $50,000
Basic Biological Research Grants
Funder Deadlines: 01/15 (annual LOI deadline)
Amount: Up to $300,000
Focus: Basic research in neurobiology
Grants-in-Aid
Funder Deadlines: 01/15 (annual LOI deadline)
Amount: Up to $30,000
Focus: Basic research in neurobiology
Future of Life Award Nomination
Funder Deadline: Rolling
Amount: $50,000
Focus: For those who, without receiving much recognition at the time, have helped make today dramatically better than it may otherwise have been
Research Grants
Funder Deadline: Rolling (07/08/2026)
Amount: Up to $250,000
Focus: Neurocognitive healthcare and treatments for brain-related ailments
Research Grants
Funder Deadlines: 01/10 (annual deadline)
Amount: Up to $30,000
Focus: Human origins and evolution
Note: PhD candidates and post-PhD researchers are both eligible
Research Grant
Funder Deadlines: 04/30 (annual deadline)
Amount: Not specified (Past Grants)
Focus: Innovative cancer research
Project Cure CRC initiative Awards
Funder Deadline: Rolling LOI
Amount: Up to $200,000
Cure LGS 365 Research Grants Program
Funder Deadline: Rolling LOI
Amount: Up to $75,000
Focus: Sleep, expressive communication, and EEG network evolution to LGSure LGS 365 Research Grants Program
Research Grants
Funder Deadlines: 11/01 (LOI) and 02/05 (Proposal); 02/01 (LOI) and 05/05 (Proposal); 05/01 (LOI) and 08/05 (Proposal)
Amount: Unspecified. Past grants can be found here
Focus: Interventions, policies and practices to improve the well-being of older adults and/or their caregivers
Note: Navigating RRF's Application Process webinar