Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
AAN Research Program
Funder Deadline: 09/10/2026
Amount: Up to $450,000
Franklin Research Grants
Funder Deadline: 10/01/2026; 12/01/2026
Amount: Up to $7,000
Focus: Designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.
Note: Grants are payable to the individual applicant as taxable income.
The Berlin Prize
Funder Deadline: 09/25/2026
Amount: Stipend + Various Expenses
Focus: Arts, humanities, social sciences, law, journalism, and public policy.
Note: While project proposals need not focus on topics related to Germany, candidates should explain how a residency in Berlin would enhance their work.
W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize
Funder Deadline: 10/15/2026
Amount: $10,000 + an engraved medal
Focus: Differential equations and control theory.
Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship Award
Funder Deadline: 12/01/2026
Amount: Up to $240,000 (about $74 per person in the US)
Focus: Computational scientists with an interest in the intersection between quantitative biology, data science and cancer research.
Note: Applicants must have completed one or more of the following degrees or its equivalent: PhD, MD, MD/PhD, DDS, DVM, DO.
School of Historical Studies Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 10/15/2026
Amount: Up to $80,000
Focus: Supports scholars conducting independent historical research through a residential fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Love Ethic Faculty Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 10/26/2026
Amount: $80,000 in salary + stipend for housing and research
Focus: Projects that investigate how love intersects with ethics, whether through foundational moral theory, applied and real-world contexts, or broader cultural, social, and political questions.
Note: Requires residence at the University of Notre Dame for the academic year.
Senior Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 10/15/2026
Amount: $50,000 yearly stipend + office space (housing available)
Focus: Scholars in any discipline whose work examines art or artifacts or has implications for the analysis, interpretation, and criticism of visual art or visual culture.
Note: Requires fellows to live in Washington D.C. during the fellowship.
Damon Runyon Fellowship Award
Funder Deadline: 08/14/2026
Amount: ~$300,000
Focus: Support exceptional early-career scientists conducting innovative cancer research to advance prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
Note: Applicants must have completed a PhD or equivalent.
Fulbright-Schuman Innovation Award
Funder Deadline: 09/15/2026
Amount: $4,700 per month + travel expenses
Focus: Research at the intersection of policy and technology that can improve the transatlantic understanding of issues at the heart of the US-EU relationship.