UMass Boston

Research & Sponsored Programs has curated searches that are available to anyone that has created an account in Pivot using their UMass Boston credentials. From the homepage in Pivot, select the Curated Ops link in the My Funding Opportunities section.

Funding for Junior Faculty

These programs are intended for faculty, usually with the rank of Assistant Professor. Find opportunities by using Pivot and selecting “Individuals: Early Career and Emerging in Field” under “Applicant Type.” Consult each program’s solicitation or program site for more detailed information and current deadlines.

• View List of Funding Opportunities for Junior Faculty
• Learn About NSF’s Career Development Program
• Learn About NIH Programs for Early Stage Investigators

Limited Submissions

Limited Submission Funding Opportunities are externally sponsored grants that limit the number of submissions, and may require an internal selection process. Faculty are responsible for conducting their own funding searches, tracking the limited submission opportunities that they are interested in, and notifying Research & Sponsored Programs if they identify a limited submission opportunity for which they intend to apply.

• View List of Limited Submission Funding Opportunities

Find Collaborators

Collaborative research has many benefits, such as sharing resources and experience, providing support for a larger project, and division of labor. Some funders favor interdisciplinary research teams. When creating a profile in Pivot, be sure to add key words that are relevant to your research area(s). This will help potential collaborators find you. You can also use your key words to find potential collaborators.

• Search for Potential Collaborators

Grants.gov provides a centralized platform for searching and accessing Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) from various federal agencies. Users can filter searches by keyword, agency, eligibility, and funding type to find relevant grants and review application requirements.

• Search Grants.gov
• View Grants.gov Grant Terminology

Contact Research & Sponsored Programs to become a member of the Grants Resource Center (GRC).

The National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP) defines research development as a set of strategic, proactive, catalytic, and capacity-building activities designed to facilitate individual faculty members, teams of researchers, and central research administrations in attracting extramural research funding, creating relationships, and developing and implementing strategies that increase institutional competitiveness.

Research & Sponsored Programs can support and facilitate research development activities in the following areas:

• Finding Funding: conducting searches and identifying targets
• Understanding Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcements (NOFO) and Requests for Applications (RFAs)
• Connecting to Sponsors and Programs Officials
• Understanding Sponsors’ Review Criteria and Procedures
• Leveraging Unit/Dept. Support, and Institutional Resources
• UMB Internal Funding Programs and UMass System Grants
• NORDP The National Organization of Research Development Professionals
• Research at UMass Boston
• Research Administrator Societies (NCURA, SRAI)
• Find your DRA-Departmental Research Administrator
• SRAI - Society of Research Administrators International Intensive Workshops

Upcoming Research Development Activities are published in the ORSP's newsletter, which is sent to all faculty and staff once a month.

Administered by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, UMass Boston annually offers the Healey Research, Public Service, and Proposal Development Grant Programs. Applications are being managed through a streamlined process, do not submit through Kuali Research Proposal Development. Please use the links below to learn more about these programs and to submit your application using the Internal Grant Application, a Kuali Build form.

• FY26 Applications with a July 1, 2025 start date will be accepted from March 3, 2025 through March 31, 2025
  • Public Service Grant Program Guidelines FY26
  • Joseph P. Healey Grant Program Guidelines FY26
  • Proposal Development Grant Program Guidelines FY26
• Core Utilization Pilot Grants
  • Core Utilization Pilot Grants are intended to promote the use of technologies and expertise afforded by identified UMass Boston Core Facilities
  • This program is not being offered for FY26, if anyone has a Core utilization need, you are encouraged to submit to the Joseph P. Healey Grant Program
• Internal Grant Award Project Extension Form (Word) (PDF)
• Internal Grant Award Final Report
• Internal Grant Application (online Kuali Build form)
  • Kuali Build Internal Grant Application Guide
• Internal Funding Application Forms
  • UMass Boston Internal Biosketch
  • Current and Pending Support
  • Letter of Collaboration

The Office of the Vice Provost for Research offers Annual Research Grant Competition for Undergraduate Students. These funds assist UMass Boston undergraduate students with expenses that they may incur while conducting research or working on a creative project.

To assist UMass Boston faculty members who are asked to underwrite the cost of publishing a book through a publication subvention, the provost has established a Book Publication Subvention Fund to be managed by the VPRDGS.

• Subvention Information and Guidelines (applications accepted throughout the year)
• Subvention Application Form

The purpose of the Office of Technology Commercialization and Ventures Tech Development Fund is to assist faculty with the commercial development of important technologies discovered on our campuses. These are intended to move technologies to the proof of concept stage or to allow the investigator to take other critical steps to make the technology attractive for licensing or other forms of commercialization.

Center for Clinical and Translational Science (UMCCTS)

UMass Medical School / Center for Clinical and Translational Science (UMCCTS) has several funding programs that can be used to support cross-campus projects and can be found at UMass Medical School Funding Opportunities.

The UMass Medical School Integrated Biomarker Core also offers seed funding for transcriptomic and proteomic analyses on a rolling basis, open across the 5 UMass campuses. To learn more about the InBioC funding opportunities visit them at InBioC Seed Fund.

To begin receiving email notifications on all UMCCTS funding opportunities, complete the membership form that can be accessed at UMass Medical School Membership.

UMass Life Sciences Moment Fund

The LSMF Fund serves to spur inter-campus collaboration and strengthen the University’s research portfolio in clinical and translational research. By providing seed funding to outstanding faculty members, this fund facilitates the development of faculty-to-faculty networks within the University system, thereby leveraging the considerable expertise and resources that exist on the individual campuses.

The Roy J. Zuckerberg Endowed Leadership Award is designed to reward leaders of courage, conviction, and selflessness who have devoted their time and talent to helping the University of Massachusetts to accomplish its goals. Recognizing that leadership may be found anywhere, faculty, coaches, and staff of the University of Massachusetts are encouraged to apply. 

The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Dean’s Fund for Faculty Development provides funds to support faculty research and creative activity through three funds: the travel fund, the research fund and the discretionary fund.