Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement 2027
Funder Deadline: 05/15/2026
Amount: Up to $250,000
Economic Opportunity Grant Program
Funder Deadline: 07/31/2026 (EOI); 10/16/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: Unspecified
Focus: Regional revitalization and rural wealth building, access to capital, employee and community ownership, financial literacy, and investor identity.
Conference Travel Support for Scientists, Technicians, and Engineers in the Fields of Aeronautics, Materials Science, and Nuclear Science
Funder Deadline: 10/01/2026
Amount: Up to $2,500
Seed Grant Program
Funder Deadline: 05/15/2026
Amount: $75,000
Research Grants
Funder Deadline: 05/12/2026
Amount: $150,000
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants
Funder Deadline: 06/22/2026
Amount: $150,000
Focus: Immunology, vaccine, and immunotherapy discovery
Health Services Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (HSR-ADRD) Funding Program
Funder Deadline: 6/22/2026 (LOI); 07/22/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: $250,000
Strategy and Policy Fellows
Funder Deadline: 06/22/2026
Amount: $60,000
Focus: To support research and single-author book projects in American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history.
Scientific Innovations Award
Internal Deadline: 04/23/2026
Funder Deadline: 06/02/2026
Amount: $150,000
Focus: Projects that may be too innovative and speculative for traditional funding sources but still have a high likelihood of producing important findings (senior faculty members)
Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grants – Early Career Scholars
Funder Deadline: 05/03/2026
Amount: Up to $2,500