Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Viral Institute for the Carbon Cycle (VICC): Request for Expressions of Interest
Funder Deadline: 08/28/2026 (LOI)
Amount: ~$10 million
Focus: Support for multidisciplinary and international teams to (a) improve understanding and reduce uncertainty of both natural and anthropogenic components of the global carbon cycle to inform (detect/attribute) mitigation in carbon emissions, and (b) improve understanding and reduce uncertainty of future changes in the global carbon cycle, including carbon-climate feedback, to inform climate policies.
Parkinson's Disease Therapeutics Pipeline Program
Funder Deadline: 09/18/2026 (LOI); 10/30/2026 (Full Application); 11/27/2026 (LOI); 01/08/2027 (Full Application)
Amount: Up to $5,000,000
Note: In most cases, applicants should be from industry or an academic team working in collaboration with a dedicated industry partner. Academic teams without a committed industry partner may propose certain clinical-stage symptomatic therapy studies if these involve use of existing therapies with the intent of informing potential for PD and possible clinical care adoption.
Sigma/National League for Nursing Grant
Funder Deadline: 01/21/2027
Amount: Up to $5,000
Focus: Supports research that advances the science of nursing education and learning through the use of technology in dissemination of knowledge.
Call for Research Proposals
Funder Deadline: 10/31/2026
Amount: Unspecified
Focus: Global trade issues and support policy development.
Simons Fellows in Mathematics
Funder Deadline: 10/01/2026
Amount: Up to $125,000
Focus: Faculty on sabbatical leave.
Note: Funding supports extension of sabbatical leave.
Pioneering Research - Exploring the Unknown Unknown
Funder Deadline: 08/27/2026
Amount: Up to 1.3 Million Euro ($1,485,075)
Focus: Groundbreaking and risky research ideas with high scientific relevance.
Note: Lead applicants must be affiliated with a German university or research institution or attach a statement with their application in which the management of the university or research group confirms that it will employ them and take over the administration of the third-party funds if they are approved.
Community Building Grant Program
Funder Deadline: 09/18/2026 (LOI)
Amount: ~$50,000
Focus: Equity in aging.
Note: Most grants awarded to universities are for projects that involve community partnerships.
Astronomical Innovation (Astronova) Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 10/02/2026
Amount: Funding for salary, benefits, and a discretionary fund over a four-year term with an optional one-year extension.
Focus: Postdoctoral students.
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 10/28/2026
Amount: Up to $52,000
Focus: Early-stage doctoral students pursuing innovative approaches to dissertation research in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.
Alzheimer's Disease Research Request for Proposals
Funder Deadline: 09/01/2026
Amount: Up to $300,000
Note: Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards and Standard Awards available.