Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Middle Powers and Transformative AI: Request for Proposals
Funder Deadline: 10/23/2026
Amount: Up to $2 million
Suzy Newhouse Center Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 12/04/2026
Amount: Up to $50,000
Focus: Contribution to the Wellesley Community.
AI and The Workforce
Funder Deadline: 12/15/2026
Amount: Up to $20,000
Focus: AI’s influence on employment, productivity, occupational change, economic opportunity, and innovation over time.
The Davis Center Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 12/02/2026
Amount: Unspecified
Focus: Property and Poverty.
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.
The Va'adia-BARD Postdoctoral Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 01/25/2027
Amount: $64,000
Focus: Agricultural sciences and technologies.
Open Call: Innovative Project Funding
Funder Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Varies
Focus: Reducing inequalities and combating poverty.
Note: Projects must be located in a low-or-middle-income country (according to ODEC DAC) except Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger.
NIAS Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 03/15/2027 (LOI)
Amount: Stipend, travel expenses, office
Focus: Humanities and social-sciences.
Note: Applicants should have at least 3 years of academic experience since obtaining their Ph.D.
ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
Funder Deadline: 12/05/2026
Amount: Up to $16,500
2027 Merkin Prize
Funder Deadline: 12/04/2026
Amount: $400,000
Focus: Pathbreaking technologies that are demonstrably improving human health and the key individuals who contributed to their development.