Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowship in Plant Biology
Funder Deadline: 12/03/2026
Amount: Up to $360,000
Note: Applicants should have received their Ph.D. or equivalent degree no earlier than three (3) years before the fellowship application deadline.
Fellowships/Grants for Americans in the Nordic Countries
Funder Deadline: 11/01/2026
Amount: Up to $23,000
Focus: Research or creative arts projects in the Nordic region (Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Sápmi, and Norway).
Mercor AI Research Fund Grants
Funder Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Varies
Deborah Munroe Noonan Memorial Research Fund
Funder Deadline: 12/02/2026 (LOI)
Amount: Up to $160,000
Focus: Children and adolescents with disabilities.
Note: Eligible organizations and target populations must be located within the Greater Boston area.
Request for Proposals: Integrating Digital Public Goods to Advance AI-Enabled Formative Assessment
Funder Deadline: 11/20/2026
Amount: Not specified
Next Gen Pregnancy Initiative
Funder Deadline: 11/03/2027 (Applicant Eligibility Check Deadline); 11/17/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: $700,000
Focus: Innovative basic science research focused on the following priority areas: Mechanisms of healthy pregnancy (e.g., normal physiology and biological underpinnings of healthy pregnancy); Preterm birth; Pregnancy loss (after 12 weeks), and recurrent pregnancy loss; Pre-eclampsia.
USPOULTRY Comprehensive Research Program Competition
Funder Deadline: 11/02/2026 (LOI); 01/29/2027 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Not Specified
Focus: Commercial poultry industry.
2027 Request for Proposals
Funder Deadline: 11/04/2026 (LOI); 02/04/2027 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Up to $400,000
Focus: Food safety practices for fruit, vegetable, and tree nut production, harvest, post-harvest handling, and distribution.
Margaret Olivia Sage Grants
Funder Deadline: 12/01/2026 (LOI); 02/22/2027 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Up to $750,000
Focus: To support research by multi- or inter-disciplinary teams on social, economic, and political challenges with generational consequences for social and living conditions in the United States, within four primary focus areas: democracy, the societal impacts of artificial intelligence, inequality and affordability, and data infrastructure for social science research.
Broad-Spectrum Preventatives
Funder Deadline: 10/12/2026 (Prioritized applications); 12/31/2026
Amount: Up to $5 million
Focus: Development of Broad-spectrum preventatives (BSPS), which are medical products—a shot, a nasal spray, a pill, or similar—that defend individuals against rhinoviruses, influenza, coronaviruses, and other respiratory viruses simultaneously.