Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Online Funding Inquiry
Funder Deadline: 07/15/2026 (LOI); Early Dec.2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Unspecified (Past Grants)
Focus: Life Sciences, Public Engagement, Religion, Science, & Society, Individual Freedom & Free Markets, Character Virtue Development, Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Call for Reviewers Interest Form: Protein Innovation-Flavor
Funder Deadline: Rolling
Amount: None
Robert & Elizabeth Dole Archives & Special Collections -- Research Fellowships and Travel Grants
Funder Deadline: 07/01/2026
Amount: Up to $5,000
Pivot Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 05/14/2026
Amount: One-year's salary + $10,000; $50,000 for the mentor
Focus: Natural sciences, engineering, mathematics, data science, or computer science
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
Funder Deadlines: 06/15/2026
Amount: Up to $25,000
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.)
2027 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Funder Deadline: 06/01/2026
Amount: $250,000
Focus: Innovative Chemistry for Better Batteries
Exemplary Pathways to STEM Graduate Education
Funder Deadline: 06/01/2026
Amount: Up to $500,000
Research Grants
Funder Deadline: 04/30 (annual deadline)
Amount: Up to $1,500
Call for Grant Proposals
Funder Deadline: 02/1 (annual deadline)
Amount: Up to $5,000
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