Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Robert & Sally Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer
Funder Deadline: 09/15/2026
Amount: $100,000
Note: AGA membership is required at the time of application submission.
Ploughshares Grant Program
Funder Deadline: 09/01/2026
Amount: Up to $50,000
Focus: Nuclear challenges
Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research
Funder Nomination Deadline: 07/22/2026
Amount: $325,000; $125,000 to be used at the discretion of the participant + $200,000 fellowship award at the recipient's institution for a trainee chosen by the recipient.
Note: Self-nominations are not permitted.
Community Action Research Initiative (CARI) Grant
Funder Deadline: 08/28/2026
Amount: Up to $3,000
Focus: Projects that bring social science knowledge and methods to bear in addressing community-based problems.
Note: ASA membership is required to receive a grant.
Sloan Research Fellowships
Funder Nomination Deadline: 09/15/2026
Amount: $75,000
Focus: Early-career faculty in Chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, or related fields.
Making a Difference Grant in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas
Funder Deadline: 06/22/2026 (LOI); 09/08/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Unspecified (recent grants)
Research-Practice Partnerships: Collaborative Research for Educational Change
Funder Deadline: 07/10/2026 (LOI); 10/28/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Up to $400,000
SFARI Workshops Toward a Collaboration on Quantitative Behavioral Phenotyping of Autism from Video Footage
Funder Deadline: 06/15/2026
Amount: Cost of hotel and travel to NYC
Note: Participation in these workshops is not a guarantee of inclusion in a collaborative effort or future funding.
Sheldon Danziger Pipeline Grant
Funder Deadline: 10/21/2026
Amount: Up to $65,000
Focus: Early-career scholars.
Note: Applicants can apply for either the Pipeline Grants Competition or the October 29 deadline for LOIs for presidential and trustee grants, but not both.
Grants Program Fall 2026
Internal Deadline: 06/19/2026
Funder Deadline: 7/17/2026
Amount: $700,000
Focus: Basic science, ideally with potential translational applications. Examples of current research areas supported include immunology, microbiome, structural biology, cellular physiology, cancer biology, genetics, genomics, microbiology and infectious diseases, stem cell biology, and neuroscience.