Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
The Wolf Prize - Arts
Funder Deadline: 02/16/2026
Amount: $100,000
Focus: Prize fields in the Arts include Architecture, Music, Painting, and Sculpture.
Heart Transplantation Research Network Planning Grant
Funder Deadline: 12/15/2026
Amount: $100,000
Note: Applicants must be Professional Members at the time of proposal submission.
2027 Innovative Project Award
Funder Deadline: 12/09/2026 (LOI); 03/04/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: $200,000
Focus: Cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular research.
Note: Applicants must be Professional Members at the time of proposal submission.
Career Development Award
Funder Deadline: 12/01/2026
Amount: $231,000
Note: Applicants must be Professional Members at the time of proposal submission.
Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials
Funder Deadline: 03/15/2027
Amount: None, learning community
Focus: Early career chemists, material scientists, geologists, ecologists, engineers, and energy system modelers.
Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Atmospheres
Funder Deadline: 04/15/2027
Amount: None, Learning community
Focus: Early-career (first year on faculty to recently post-tenure) Astrophysicists and exoplanet observers, planetary scientists, terrestrial atmospheric observers and modelers, astro-statisticians, and physical/analytical chemists and experimentalists.
Quantum Matter and Information
Funder Deadline: 04/14/2027
Amount: None, Learning Community
Focus: Early career scientists from physics, chemistry, material sciences, surface science, applied mathematics, computer science, engineering, and related fields.
Call for Proposals: AI Solutions for Public Services
Funder Deadline: 11/29/2026 (LOI); 03/01/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Up to $2,000,000
Focus: Public health, economic mobility, environmental resilience, and civic engagement.
The Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders
Funder Deadline: 12/03/2026
Amount: $180,000
2027 Fellows-to-Faculty Award Program
Funder Deadline: 01/13/2027
Amount: $600,000
Focus: Early-career scientists transitioning to tenure-track faculty positions. Autism and Neuroscience