Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Anna Lalor Burdick Program
Funder Deadline: 11/01 and 05/01 (annual deadlines)
Amount: Up to $35,000
Focus: To support programs that offer sexual and reproductive health education to women
Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
Funder Deadline: 07/29/2026
Amount: Up to $600,000
Focus: To support research to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the US
Note: Applicants may submit only one application per cycle as the principal investigator.
Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence
Funder Deadline: 07/29/2026
Amount: Up to $1,000,000
Focus: Strategies that aim to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit young people ages 5-25 in the US
Note: Applicants may submit only one application per cycle as the principal investigator.
Distinguished Scholar Awards
Funder Deadline: 08/01 (annual deadline)
Amount: Up to $150,000
Focus: Natural and social science research that addresses violence
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Grant
Funder Deadline: 10/09/2026
Amount: $3,750
Focus: Graduate students and early-career researchers studying trauma impacts, prevention, and treatment
View a full list of grant opportunities from the American Psychological Foundation.
The Benjamin Franklin Medals
Funder Deadline: Rolling
Amount: $10,000 and a 14-karat gold medal
Focus: Chemistry, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Computer and Cognitive Science, Earth and Environmental Science, Electrical Engineering, Life Science, Physics (Interdisciplinary awards will also be considered.)
Research Grants
Funder Deadline: 05/01 (annual Pre-proposal deadline)
Amount: $160,000 on average, with a range from $15,000 to over $500,000
Focus: Climate Change Impact/Greenhouse Gas Emission; Emerging Contaminants; Advancing Materials Circularity & Recycling
Career Development and Transition Funding
Funder Deadline: Rolling LOI
Amount: Unspecified
Request for Proposals: AI Governance
Funder Deadline: Rolling LOI
Amount: $200,000-$2,000,000
Request for Proposals for Projects to Grow Capacity for Reducing Global Catastrophic Risks
Funder Deadline: Rolling LOI
Amount: Unspecified
Focus: Biosecurity and Potential Risks from Advanced AI