Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Franklin Research Grants
Funder Deadline: 10/01/2026; 12/01/2026
Amount: Up to $7,000
Focus: Designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.
Note: Grants are payable to the individual applicant as taxable income.
W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize
Funder Deadline: 10/15/2026
Amount: $10,000 + an engraved medal
Focus: Differential equations and control theory.
Love Ethic Faculty Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 10/26/2026
Amount: $80,000 in salary + stipend for housing and research
Focus: Projects that investigate how love intersects with ethics, whether through foundational moral theory, applied and real-world contexts, or broader cultural, social, and political questions.
Note: Requires residence at the University of Notre Dame for the academic year.
School of Historical Studies Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 10/15/2026
Amount: Up to $80,000
Focus: Supports scholars conducting independent historical research through a residential fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Senior Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 10/15/2026
Amount: $50,000 yearly stipend + office space (housing available)
Focus: Scholars in any discipline whose work examines art or artifacts or has implications for the analysis, interpretation, and criticism of visual art or visual culture.
Note: Requires fellows to live in Washington D.C. during the fellowship.
Grant Proposal Program
Funder Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Varies; Typical range ~$50,000-$250,000
Focus: Racial, economic, and/or environmental justice.
Note: Multiple grant types include: Venture, Advancement, and Enterprise.
Simons Fellows in Mathematics
Funder Deadline: 10/01/2026
Amount: Up to $125,000
Focus: Faculty on sabbatical leave.
Note: Funding supports extension of sabbatical leave.
Call for Research Proposals
Funder Deadline: 10/31/2026
Amount: Unspecified
Focus: Global trade issues and support policy development.
Astronomical Innovation (Astronova) Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 10/02/2026
Amount: Funding for salary, benefits, and a discretionary fund over a four-year term with an optional one-year extension.
Focus: Postdoctoral students.
Community Building Grant Program
Funder Deadline: 09/18/2026 (LOI)
Amount: ~$50,000
Focus: Equity in aging.
Note: Most grants awarded to universities are for projects that involve community partnerships.