Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants
Funder Deadline: 06/22/2026
Amount: $150,000
Focus: Immunology, vaccine, and immunotherapy discovery
Health Services Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (HSR-ADRD) Funding Program
Funder Deadline: 6/22/2026 (LOI); 07/22/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: $250,000
Strategy and Policy Fellows
Funder Deadline: 06/22/2026
Amount: $60,000
Focus: To support research and single-author book projects in American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history.
William T. Grant Scholars Program
Internal Deadline: 04/27/2026
Funder Deadline: 06/30/2026
Amount: $425,000
Focus: Reduce inequality in youth outcomes (early-career researchers)
Scientific Innovations Award
Internal Deadline: 04/23/2026
Funder Deadline: 06/02/2026
Amount: $150,000
Focus: Projects that may be too innovative and speculative for traditional funding sources but still have a high likelihood of producing important findings (senior faculty members)
Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grants – Early Career Scholars
Funder Deadline: 05/03/2026
Amount: Up to $2,500
Racial Equity Research Grants
Funder Deadline: 05/04/2026 (LOI); 07/01/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Up to $75,000
Grants Program in Nutrition (Education, Training, and Research)
Funder Deadline: 07/15 (annual deadline)
Amount: Unspecified (recent grants)
Grants Program in Nutrition (Education, Training, and Research)
Funder Deadline: 01/15 (annual deadline)
Amount: Unspecified (recent grants)
AI at Work - 2026 Call for Expressions of Interest
Funder Deadline: 04/10/2026 (EOI); 06/18/2026 (Full Application)
Amount: Up to $200,000
Focus: (1) AI and worker displacement/adjustment, and (2) AI and scientific productivity.