Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Clinic & Laboratory Integration Program
Funder Deadline: 12/01/2026 (LOI); 03/01/2027 (Full proposal)
Amount: Up to $1 million
Focus: Supports innovative, team-based investigations at the intersection of laboratory discovery and clinical application in cancer immunology
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.
Council of Conferences Outreach Grants
Funder Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Up to $3,000
Focus: Improve understanding of Asia among K-12 educators, community college instructors, minority-serving institutions, or the general public.
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.
Luce/ACLS Early Career Faculty Fellowships in China Studies
Funder Deadline: 11/05/2026
Amount: $15,000 stipend
Focus: Supports research and writing toward scholarly product in English, based on China Studies.
AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty and Glenn Foundation for Medical Research (GFMR) Grants for Junior Faculty
Funder Deadline: 12/15/2026 (LOI)
Amount: Up to $160,000
Focus: Early career faculty studying the biology of aging.
Allergic Respiratory Disease Research Award
Funder Deadline: 12/01/2026
Amount: Up to $150,000
Chrétien International Research Grants
Funder Deadline: 04/01 (Annual deadline)
Amount: Up to $20,000
Focus: International observational astronomy.
Research Endowment Grant
Funder Deadline: 11/13/2026
Amount: $10,000
Focus: Basic and applied research in exercise science.
Note: Open to early career researchers within seven years of attaining their first terminal degree.
Long-Term Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 11/20/2026
Amount: $5,000/month stipend towards living expenses
Focus: Fellows spend four to nine months immersed in the Newberry collection and scholarly community (located in Chicago). They devote their time to one large-scale project such as researching and preparing a book manuscript.