Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Senior Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 09/15/2026
Amount: Up to $30,000
Focus: Critical and historical studies related to painting, sculpture and allied arts from the twentieth century.
Note: Applicants must be citizens of the United States.
Fellowship Program
Funder Deadline: 09/10/2026 (Humanities, social sciences, etc.); 10/01/2026 (Science, engineering, and mathematics)
Amount: $78,000 + $5,000 for project expenses.
Focus: pressing social, scientific, and policy issues.
The 2027 Dan David Prize
Funder Deadline: 10/13/2026
Amount: $300,000
Focus: Early and midcareer scholars and practitioners in the historical disciplines.
2026-27 Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics
Funder Deadline: 08/03/2026
Amount: 50 percent of a Scholar’s salary plus benefits for three years, up to the NIH salary cap, with 10 percent institutional costs for salary and benefits.
Focus: Career development award that enables early-career faculty members to carry out innovative bioethics research
Career Awards at the Science Interface
Funder Deadline: 08/14/2026 (LOI); 1/11/2027 (Full application)
Amount: $560,000
Focus: Early career development of researchers who are transitioning from training environments in the physical, mathematical, computational sciences and/or engineering into postdoctoral work in the biological sciences, and who are dedicated to pursuing a career in academic research.
Vision Grants
Funder Deadline: 08/12/2026 (LOI); 09/16/2026 (Full Application)
Amount: $75,000
Focus: Supports teams in developing bold, collaborative research ideas that can advance equity in education.
Note: The Vision Grants are the first step in getting the opportunity to apply for Spencer’s Transformative Research Grant ($3.5 million).
RFP on Alternative Protein R&D
Funder Deadline: 08/10/2026
Amount: Up to $1,000,000
Focus: The development of better and cheaper alternatives to animal products.
Convening Grants
Funder Deadline: 09/28/2026 (LOI); 11/30/2026 (Full application)
Amount: Up to $25,000
Focus: Visual arts of the United States and Indigenous arts of North America.
Scaling AI Safety for a Multi-Agent World
Funder Deadline: 08/08/2026
Amount: Up to $1,000,000
Autism Research Initiative - New Ideas Award
Funder Deadline: Rolling (LOI)
Amount: Up to $600,000
Focus: Autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders.