Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Impact Challenge: AI for Government Innovation - Transform how public services function for social good
Funder Deadline: 04/03/2026
Amount: Up to $3 million
Focus: leveraging generative and agentic AI to help governments solve complex societal challenges across health, resilience, and economy.
Autism & Neuroscience Conferences and Courses Awards
Funder Deadline: 04/15/2026 (LOI); 07/08/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Unspecified
Robert & Elizabeth Dole Archives & Special Collections -- Research Fellowships and Travel Grants
Funder Deadline: 07/01/2026
Amount: Up to $5,000
National Museum of Asian Art -- The Anne van Biema Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 05/04/2026
Amount: Up to $45,000
Pivot Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 05/14/2026
Amount: One-year's salary + $10,000; $50,000 for the mentor
Focus: Natural sciences, engineering, mathematics, data science, or computer science
Accelerator Award 2026
Internal Deadline: 03/30/2026
Funder Deadline: 05/19/2026
Amount: $1,625,000
Focus: The program intends to attract a broad range of expertise to the field of diabetes from various fields of science and technology, including medicine, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and physics.
Grants to reduce nuclear threats
Funder Deadlines: 03/31/2026
Amount: Up to $50,000
Focus: Funding priorities
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
Funder Deadlines: 06/15/2026
Amount: Up to $25,000
The Benjamin Franklin Medals
Funder Deadline: Rolling
Amount: $10,000 and a 14-karat gold medal
Focus: Chemistry, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Computer and Cognitive Science, Earth and Environmental Science, Electrical Engineering, Life Science, Physics (Interdisciplinary awards will also be considered.)
2027 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Funder Deadline: 06/01/2026
Amount: $250,000
Focus: Innovative Chemistry for Better Batteries