Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
K-12 AI Infrastructure Program
Funder Deadline: 07/31/2026
Amount: Up to $8,000,000
Focus: Teaching and learning benchmarks and datasets and open-source AI model for tutoring.
PVA Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 07/01/2026
Amount: Up to $150,000
Focus: Training and specialization in the field of spinal cord research.
Note: Applicants must have received their PhD or completed a formal medical residency program within the past eight years.
Research Grant
Funder Deadline: 07/01/2026
Amount: Up to $200,000
Focus: Basic science, clinical, development and design in spinal cord injury and disease.
Biotechnology Regulatory Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 08/31/2026
Amount: $70,000
Grant Opportunities
Funder Deadline: 08/31/2026 (Pre-application)
Amount: Up to $100,000
Focus: Bold, innovative ideas that advance the understanding and mitigation of risks of catastrophic sea-level rise driven by ice-sheet instability.
Synthetic Plant Biology Program
Funder Deadline: 07/30/2026
Amount: Up to $360,000
Autism Research Initiative - New Ideas Award
Funder Deadline: Rolling (LOI)
Amount: Up to $600,000
Focus: Autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders.
SECAC Artist's Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 08/01/2026
Amount: $5,000
Note: Must be a SECAC member.
NAI Fellows Program
Funder Nomination Deadline: 07/31/2026
Amount: National recognition as an NAI fellow, induction at the annual NAI conference, a medal, rose pin, lapel pin, and certificate, and access to NAI Fellows network and related activities.
Focus: academic inventors whose innovations have demonstrated significant societal and economic impact.
Clinical Trials to Validate AI-Driven Drug Repurposing
Funder Deadline: 06/26/2026 (LOI)
Amount: Up to $100,000
Focus: rare, unsolved diseases.