Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
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.
Bridge to Success Grant for Mid-Careers/Senior Investigators
Funder Deadline: 01/04/2027
Amount: Up to $100,000
Focus: sleep and circadian science, sleep disorders, and/or sleep health.
Open Call: Strep A/Rheumatic Heart Disease Vaccine Development
Funder Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Unspecified (past grants)
Grant Opportunities
Funder Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Unspecified
Focus: Maritime and Ocean Affairs, Nikkei Communities, and Japanese Studies.
MicroMAX Collaborative Research Grants 2027
Funder Deadline: 09/15/2026
Amount: Up to DKK 7 million ($1,090,597)
Focus: Train early career researchers within advanced synchrotron crystallography methods that benefit the life science ecosystem.
Note: Main applicant must be affiliated with Danish institutions.