Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
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.
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.
Fellowship Program
Funder Deadline: 12/01/2026
Amount: Laboratory space and supplies + housing (located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts), valued ~$50,000
Focus: Neurophysiology, biophysics, integrative neurobiology, neuroethology, neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology, systems neuroscience, cellular and developmental neurobiology, and computational approaches to neural systems.
ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
Funder Deadline: 12/05/2026
Amount: Up to $16,500
Fellowship Program
Funder Deadline: 11/01/2026
Amount: Up to $200,000
Focus: Technology and security issues.
FCS Interdisciplinary Research Grant
Funder Deadline: 12/15/2026
Amount: Up to $10,000
Focus: Research that integrates information, data, techniques, tools, perspectives, concepts, or theories from two or more disciplines or areas of specialized knowledge to address complex societal challenges.
RWJF Health Policy Fellows
Funder Deadline: 11/03/2026
Amount: $175,000
Focus: Offers mid-career professionals the opportunity to participate in the policy process at the federal level and use that leadership experience to improve health, health care, and health policy.
Note: Register for information session here.
Project Tailwind
Funder Deadline: Rolling begins with online interest form
Amount: Up to $2 million (pre-seed funding); Up to $20 million (seed funding); $200 million+ (scale funding)
Focus: Reducing the global catastrophic risks posed by AI.
Council of Conferences Outreach Grants
Funder Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Up to $3,000
Focus: Improve understanding of Asia among K-12 educators, community college instructors, minority-serving institutions, or the general public.
Clinic & Laboratory Integration Program
Funder Deadline: 12/01/2026 (LOI); 03/01/2027 (Full proposal)
Amount: Up to $1 million
Focus: Supports innovative, team-based investigations at the intersection of laboratory discovery and clinical application in cancer immunology