Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Fellowships for External Faculty
Funder Deadline: 10/01/2026
Amount: Up to $70,000 stipend + $30,000 housing and moving allowance.
Focus: Humanities and interpretive social sciences
Note: All applicants must have a PhD and be at least three years beyond receipt of the degree at the start of the fellowship year.
Hevolution Foundation Scientific Conferences Fund
Funder Deadline: 10/31/2026
Amount: Up to $10,000
Focus: Supports conferences, scientific meetings and workshops relevant to extension of healthy human lifespan and understanding the processes of aging.
Capacity Building Grants
Funder Deadline: 12/15/2026
Amount: Up to $50,000
Focus: Provide institutions with resources to strengthen their ability to educate and embed character in their distinctive contexts.
Institutional Impact Grants
Funder Deadline: 11/16/2026 (LOI); 03/15/2027 (Full Application)
Amount: Up to $1 million
Focus: Character development incorporated into higher education.
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 09/25/2026 (LOI); 02/12/2027 (Full Application)
Amount: Up to $150,000
Focus: Support postdoctoral research fellows starting their research careers in laboratories of established researchers or those conducting research under AATD senior researchers.
Guggenheim Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 09/15/2026
Amount: Varies
Focus: Mid-career award supporting the work of individuals who have made notable contributions across creative arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences.
Innovations in Low-Cost and Simplified Pathogen Sequencing Workflows
Funder Deadline: 09/29/2026
Amount: Up to $800,000
Note: Informational webinar on 09/01/2026 at 8:30-9:30am ET. Register here.
Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program
Funder Deadline: 12/15/2026
Amount: Full salary and benefits, plus yearly research budget, for up to 10 years
Focus: Early career faculty.
Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program
Funder Deadline: 12/15/2026
Amount: Salary and additional support for up to two years.
Focus: Postdoctoral scientists.
Note: Must have no more than 7 years of postdoctoral experience as of 12/15/2026.
AI Transformative Learning Grants
Funder Deadline: 09/11/2026
Amount: Up to $200,000