Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Margaret Olivia Sage Grants
Funder Deadline: 12/01/2026 (LOI); 02/22/2027 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Up to $750,000
Focus: To support research by multi- or inter-disciplinary teams on social, economic, and political challenges with generational consequences for social and living conditions in the United States, within four primary focus areas: democracy, the societal impacts of artificial intelligence, inequality and affordability, and data infrastructure for social science research.
Modernizing Academic Appointment Advancement (MA3) Challenge
Funder Deadline: 1/08/2027
Amount: $250,000
Focus: Reimagine academic hiring, review, promotion, and tenure (RPT) processes
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance
Funder Deadline: 10/26/2026 (LOI)
Amount: $750,000
Note: Applicants must have at least two (2) years of experience running their own laboratories but no more than six (6) years of experience by the start date of the Prize (July 2027).
Next Gen Pregnancy Initiative
Funder Deadline: 11/03/2027 (Applicant Eligibility Check Deadline); 11/17/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: $700,000
Focus: Innovative basic science research focused on the following priority areas: Mechanisms of healthy pregnancy (e.g., normal physiology and biological underpinnings of healthy pregnancy); Preterm birth; Pregnancy loss (after 12 weeks), and recurrent pregnancy loss; Pre-eclampsia.
USPOULTRY Comprehensive Research Program Competition
Funder Deadline: 11/02/2026 (LOI); 01/29/2027 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Not Specified
Focus: Commercial poultry industry.
APA Congressional Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 1/04/2027
Amount: $93,750 stipend + $3,500 stipend for professional development
Focus: Fellows spend one year working on the staff of a member of Congress or congressional committee
2027 Request for Proposals
Funder Deadline: 11/04/2026 (LOI); 02/04/2027 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Up to $400,000
Focus: Food safety practices for fruit, vegetable, and tree nut production, harvest, post-harvest handling, and distribution.
JAHF New Partners Program Call for Proposals: National Initiatives Advancing Improvements in Care for Older Adults
Funder Deadline: 10/21/2026 (Portal Registration); 10/27/2026 (LOI); 03/07/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Up to $300,000
Demonstrating Health Solutions, Science in Action
Funder Deadline: 11/18/2026 (LOI)
Amount: Not Specified
McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience Awards
Funder Deadline: 11/03/2026
Amount: $225,000
Focus: Applicants must have not started serving in the rank of Assistant Professor any earlier than December 1, 2021.