Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
Funder Deadline: 10/28/2026
Amount: $45,000 stipend + $4,500 for travel and other expenses.
Focus: Doctoral students in art history or related fields.
Luce/ACLS Early Career Faculty Fellowships in China Studies
Funder Deadline: 11/05/2026
Amount: $15,000 stipend
Focus: Supports research and writing toward scholarly product in English, based on China Studies.
Ecosystem Futures Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 10/30/2026
Amount: $30,000 in funding + $10,000 award + $5,000 travel stipend
Focus: Scalable science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) ecosystem solutions through the lens of environmental and social sustainability and inclusive innovation.
Research Endowment Grant
Funder Deadline: 11/13/2026
Amount: $10,000
Focus: Basic and applied research in exercise science.
Note: Open to early career researchers within seven years of attaining their first terminal degree.
Long-Term Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 11/20/2026
Amount: $5,000/month stipend towards living expenses
Focus: Fellows spend four to nine months immersed in the Newberry collection and scholarly community (located in Chicago). They devote their time to one large-scale project such as researching and preparing a book manuscript.
AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty and Glenn Foundation for Medical Research (GFMR) Grants for Junior Faculty
Funder Deadline: 12/15/2026 (LOI)
Amount: Up to $160,000
Focus: Early career faculty studying the biology of aging.
Allergic Respiratory Disease Research Award
Funder Deadline: 12/01/2026
Amount: Up to $150,000
Chrétien International Research Grants
Funder Deadline: 04/01 (Annual deadline)
Amount: Up to $20,000
Focus: International observational astronomy.
Prize for Innovation
Funder Deadline: 11/01/2026
Amount: Up $25,000
Focus: Fundamental questions at the intersection of the life sciences and entrepreneurship.
Harnessing Digital Health Technologies to Support Patient-Centered Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research
Funder Deadline: 01/06/2027 (LOI); 05/04/2027 (Full application)
Amount: Up to $12 million
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