Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
ACS Petroleum Research Fund - New Direction Grants
Funder Deadline: 03/06/2026
Amount: $125,000
Focus: Fundamental research directly related to petroleum or fossil fuels
Cottrell SEED Award
Funder Deadline: 03/31/2026
Amount: Up to $60,000
Focus:
- New Research Directions: Chemistry only
- Exceptional Opportunities: Chemistry (given preference), Physics, and Astronomy
Macquarie Community Resilience Prize
Funder Deadline: 02/25/2026
Amount: Up to $250,000
Focus: Solutions that address both community resilience to climate change and workforce training
Note: Solutions must be headquartered or deployed in Brazil, Australia, and/or the Pacific Islands.
2026 Humanities and Artificial Intelligence Virtual Institute (HAVI) RFP
Funder Deadline: 03/13/2026
Amount: Up to $800,000
Focus: Digital humanities with a particular focus on artificial intelligence
Climate Impacts Awards: Unlocking urgent climate action by making the health effects of climate change visible
Funder Deadline: 04/08/2026
Amount: Up to £2,500,000 (~$3,200,000)
Matter-to-Life Grants Program
Funder Deadline: Rolling LOI (Grant-seekers are invited to submit a Letter of Inquiry after January 12th, 2026.)
Amount: Unspecific (Recent Grants)
Focus: To sharpen our scientific understanding of life
Technology Program
Funder Deadline: Rolling LOI
Amount: Unspecified (Recent Grants)
Focus: AI in Science and Automation in Science
Note: Sloan especially welcomes project ideas to help clarify where AI-as-tool ends, where AI-as-collaborator might responsibly begin, and what technical, institutional, or design work is needed to bridge that gap for the scientific enterprise (Newsletter Jan., 2026).
Matter-to-Life Grants Program
Funder Deadline: Rolling LOI (Grant-seekers are invited to submit a Letter of Inquiry after January 12th, 2026.)
Amount: Unspecific (Recent Grants)
Focus: To sharpen our scientific understanding of life
2026 Energy & Environment RFP
Funder Deadline: 03/17/2026
Amount: Up to $250,000
Focus: Early-career faculty focusing on interdisciplinary social science research on energy system decarbonization in the U.S.
Listening and Learning in a Polarized World: Global Request for Planning Grants
Funder Deadline: 03/06/2026
Amount: $100,000
Note: Must be a plan for a global study with network partners based in different countries.