Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Direct Action Visionary Grants
Funder Deadline: 10/30/2026
Amount: Up to $60,000
Focus: Funds innovative interventions, based on psychological knowledge, that directly addresses pressing needs of communities.
Global Prize for Innovation in Water (GPIW) 2026
Funder Deadline: 09/30/2026
Amount: Up to $100,000
Focus: Water scarcity.
Research Associate (Women's Studies in Religion Program)
Funder Deadline: 10/15/2026
Amount: $65,000
Focus: A research fellowship supporting scholars in conducting advanced, book-length research on the intersection of religion and gender.
Understanding AI - Residential Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 10/15/2026
Amount: $80,000 stipend
Focus: Scholars from across the social sciences—anthropology, sociology, political science, law, economics, history, and related fields—to study the uses and implications of AI.
Note: This is a residential program for an academic year in NJ
Smithsonian Biodiversity Genomics Postdoctoral Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 10/15/2026
Amount: $62,000 stipend
Focus: Promotes collaborative research in these fields involving comparative genomic approaches such as phylogenomics, population genomics, metagenomics or transcriptomics, and have a component that involves significant bioinformatics analysis.
Note: Applicants must have completed or be near completion of the Ph.D. Recipients who have not completed the Ph.D. at the time of application must provide proof of completion of the degree before the fellowship begins.
Career Awards for Medical Scientists
Funder Deadline: 09/30/2026
Amount: $700,000
Focus: Physician-scientists, who are committed to an academic career, to bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service.
Note: Applicants are required to complete a pre-application eligibility check within ProposalCentral by 9/15/2026.
Harnessing Digital Health Technologies to Support Patient-Centered Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research
Funder Deadline: 01/06/2027 (LOI); 05/04/2027 (Full application)
Amount: Up to $12 million
Note: Register for webinar here.
Conservation and Scientific Research Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 11/12/2026
Amount: Up to $63,000 stipend + travel expenses
Focus: To study, preserve, and conserve works of art across The Met collection.
Solar Radiation Management (SRM)
Funder Deadline: 10/06/2026
Amount: Up to $1.5 million
Focus: Fill fundamental scientific knowledge gaps relevant to SRM, including stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), marine cloud brightening (MCB) and cirrus cloud thinning (CCT), designed to modify the Earth’s radiative balance and cool the planet.
ACLS Digital Justice Grants
Funder Deadline: 11/03/2026
Amount: Up to $25,000
Focus: Provides resources for projects at various stages of development that diversify the digital domain, advance justice and equity in digital scholarly practice, and/or contribute to public understanding of racial and social justice issues.