Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Modernizing Academic Appointment Advancement (MA3) Challenge
Funder Deadline: 1/08/2027
Amount: $250,000
Focus: Reimagine academic hiring, review, promotion, and tenure (RPT) processes
APA Congressional Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 1/04/2027
Amount: $93,750 stipend + $3,500 stipend for professional development
Focus: Fellows spend one year working on the staff of a member of Congress or congressional committee
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.
McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience Awards
Funder Deadline: 11/03/2026
Amount: $225,000
Focus: Applicants must have not started serving in the rank of Assistant Professor any earlier than December 1, 2021.
The Va'adia-BARD Postdoctoral Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 01/25/2027
Amount: $64,000
Focus: Agricultural sciences and technologies.
2027 Switzer Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 12/14/2026
Amount: $18,000
Focus: Environmental improvement.
Funding for Programs and Events on Global Catastrophic Risk, Effective Altruism, and Other Topics
Funder Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Unspecified
Focus: Variety of areas of interest to Coefficient Giving — including effective altruism, global catastrophic risks, biosecurity, AI for epistemics, forecasting, and other areas. Funding to support scholarship or fellowship programs, internships, residencies, visitor programs, courses, seminars, conferences, workshops, retreats, etc., including both in-person and online activities.
Suzy Newhouse Center Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 12/04/2026
Amount: Up to $50,000
Focus: Contribution to the Wellesley Community.
The Davis Center Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 12/02/2026
Amount: Unspecified
Focus: Property and Poverty.
AI and The Workforce
Funder Deadline: 12/15/2026
Amount: Up to $20,000
Focus: AI’s influence on employment, productivity, occupational change, economic opportunity, and innovation over time.