Explore curated funding opportunities for UMass Amherst researchers.
SSR Emerging Investigator Grant
Funder Deadline: 05/29/2026
Amount: Up to $10,000
Lego Foundation Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 07/31/2026
Amount: $300,000
Focus: To support early- and mid-career researchers whose work can strengthen understanding of how children thrive across diverse contexts. Relevant fields include, but are not limited to, education, psychology, child development, public health, economics, sociology, neuroscience, data science, humanitarian studies, disability studies, human-computer interaction, and implementation science.
Common Good Cyber Fund Grant Program
Funder Deadline: 08/04/2026
Amount: Up to $300,000
Visiting Scholars
Funder Deadline: 06/25/2026
Amount: Up to $150,000
Focus: To support scholars in the social, economic, political and behavioral sciences to pursue their data analysis and writing while in residence at the foundation’s headquarters in New York City.
Gulf Research Program - Environment Track: Early-Career Research Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 06/02/2026
Amount: $76,000 (including $1000 mentor honorarium)
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Sciences or Chemical Instrumentation Award Program
Funder Deadline: 09/04/2026 (LOI); 12/11/2026 (Full Application)
Amount: Up to $342,000
The Vision Grant Award Program
Funder Deadline: 05/27/2026
Amount: Up to $20,000
Engaged Research Grant
Funder Deadline: 08/01 (Annual deadline)
Amount: Up to $25,000
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) - New Ideas Award
Funder Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Up to $600,000
Just Tech Fellowship
Funder Deadline: 06/28/2026
Amount: Up to $60,000
Focus: Researchers, artists, and practitioners working at the intersection of technology and society