Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
Funder Deadline: 07/29/2026
Amount: Up to $600,000
Focus: To support research to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the US
Note: Applicants may submit only one application per cycle as the principal investigator.
Distinguished Scholar Awards
Funder Deadline: 08/01 (annual deadline)
Amount: Up to $150,000
Focus: Natural and social science research that addresses violence
Emerging Scholar Awards
Funder Deadline: 02/01/2026 (LOI); 03/15/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: $25,000
Focus: To increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression
Note: PhD candidates entering the dissertation stage are eligible.
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Grant
Funder Deadline: 10/09/2026
Amount: $3,750
Focus: Graduate students and early-career researchers studying trauma impacts, prevention, and treatment
View a full list of grant opportunities from the American Psychological Foundation.
Alice F. Chang Cancer Wellness Grant
Funder Deadline: 02/06/2026
Amount: $16,500
2026 Funding Cycle
Funder Deadline: 03/31/2026
Amount: Up to $375,000
Focus:
- Funding Stream A: Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) Change: General
- Funding Stream B: Healthy Aging
Note: The lead applicant must be a community-based organization.
2026 Hillman Emergent Innovation: Serious Illness and End of Life (HSEI)
Funder Deadline: 02/20/2026 (LOI); 06/18/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: $50,000
Focus: Innovative, early stage nursing-driven interventions
Note: Basic science or research projects and training programs are ineligible.
2026 Hillman Emergent Innovation (HEI)
Funder Deadline: 02/20/2026 (LOI); 06/18/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: $50,000
Focus: To advance nursing-driven interventions that improve the health and healthcare
Note: Basic science or research projects and training programs are ineligible.
2026 Hillman Innovations in Care (HIC)
Funder Deadline: 02/20/2026 (LOI); 05/01/2026 (Full Proposal)
Amount: $250,000
Focus: To advance nursing-driven interventions that improve the health and healthcare
Note: Basic science or research projects and training programs are ineligible.
Research Grants
Funder Deadline: 05/01 (annual Pre-proposal deadline)
Amount: $160,000 on average, with a range from $15,000 to over $500,000
Focus: Climate Change Impact/Greenhouse Gas Emission; Emerging Contaminants; Advancing Materials Circularity & Recycling