Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
2027 Merkin Prize
Funder Deadline: 12/04/2026
Amount: $400,000
Focus: Pathbreaking technologies that are demonstrably improving human health and the key individuals who contributed to their development.
ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
Funder Deadline: 12/05/2026
Amount: Up to $16,500
NIAS Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 03/15/2027 (LOI)
Amount: Stipend, travel expenses, office
Focus: Humanities and social-sciences.
Note: Applicants should have at least 3 years of academic experience since obtaining their Ph.D.
Robert F. Schumann Foundation Grant
Funder Deadline: 02/28 (Annual deadline)
Amount: ~$40,000
Focus: Improving the quality of life of both humans and animals by supporting environmental, educational, arts and cultural organizations and agencies.
Open Call: Innovative Project Funding
Funder Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Varies
Focus: Reducing inequalities and combating poverty.
Note: Projects must be located in a low-or-middle-income country (according to ODEC DAC) except Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger.
Fellowship Program
Funder Deadline: 12/01/2026
Amount: Laboratory space and supplies + housing (located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts), valued ~$50,000
Focus: Neurophysiology, biophysics, integrative neurobiology, neuroethology, neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology, systems neuroscience, cellular and developmental neurobiology, and computational approaches to neural systems.
Pinnacle Research Award in Liver Diseases
Funder Deadline: 12/07/2026
Amount: $300,000
Environment Initiatives
Funder Deadline: 01/15/2027 (LOI)
Amount: Up to $75,000
Focus: Environmental protection.
Project Tailwind
Funder Deadline: Rolling begins with online interest form
Amount: Up to $2 million (pre-seed funding); Up to $20 million (seed funding); $200 million+ (scale funding)
Focus: Reducing the global catastrophic risks posed by AI.
RWJF Health Policy Fellows
Funder Deadline: 11/03/2026
Amount: $175,000
Focus: Offers mid-career professionals the opportunity to participate in the policy process at the federal level and use that leadership experience to improve health, health care, and health policy.
Note: Register for information session here.