Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Open Call for Proposals: Communities Leading on AI
Funder Deadline: 10/21/2026
Amount: $10,000,000
Focus: Communities' collective power to shape how AI is built, governed, and used.
Funding Grants for New Research into AI and Teen Development
Funder Deadline: 10/06/2026
Amount: $5,000,000
Focus: How generative AI affects the lives and development of young peoples ages 13-17.
Allergic Respiratory Disease Research Award
Funder Deadline: 12/01/2026
Amount: Up to $150,000
Ecosystem Futures Fellowships
Funder Deadline: 10/30/2026
Amount: $30,000 in funding + $10,000 award + $5,000 travel stipend
Focus: Scalable science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) ecosystem solutions through the lens of environmental and social sustainability and inclusive innovation.
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.
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.
Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
Funder Deadline: 10/28/2026
Amount: $45,000 stipend + $4,500 for travel and other expenses.
Focus: Doctoral students in art history or related fields.
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.