RDS Resources and Templates

Internal Resources

• RDS Staff Directory
• Request Support
• Office of Pre-Award Services (OPAS)
  • Proposal Preparation Guide
  • UMass Amherst Sponsored Programs Fact Sheet
  • Sponsored Project Proposal Submission Requirements and Procedures
  • Pre-Award Resources
  • Roles & Responsibilities in Research
  • Collaborations and Required Documentation
    • Definition: Consultant
    • Definition: Contractor (Vendor)
    • Definition: Subrecipient
  • Minimum Effort on Sponsored Projects Requirement
  • OPAS Staff Contacts & Assignments
• Libraries Data Management Plan
• UMass Institutional Review Board (IRB)
• UMass Institutional Biosafety Committee
• UMass Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC)

Young Investigator/Early Career Research Programs

• NSF CAREER
  • Other NSF Early-Career Opportunities
• NIH Trailblazer R21 Awards
  • Other NIH Early-Career Opportunities
• DOE Early Career Research Program (ECRP)
• DARPA Young Faculty Award Program
• ONR Young Investigator Program (YIP)

Foundation and other Non-Federal Programs 

• Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer - Young Investigator Grants 
• American Chemical Society - Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) Grants 
• Beckman Foundation - Young Investigator Program 
• Blavatnik Foundation - Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists 
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Career Awards at the Scientific Interface 
• Cancer Research Foundation - Young Investigator Awards 
• Central Society for Clinical and Translational Research - Research Early Career Development Award 
• Dreyfus Foundation - Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar 
• The Grass Foundation - Fellowships in Neuroscience 
• Human Frontier Science Program - Research Grants 
• Moore Foundation - Moore Inventor Fellows 
• Pew Charitable Trusts - Pew Biomedical Scholars 
• PhRMA Foundation - Faculty Starter Grants 
• Searle Scholars Program – Funding Exceptional Young Scientists 
• Sloan Foundation - Research Fellowships for Early-Career Scientists 
• Smith Family Foundation - Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research 
• Simons Foundation - Pivot Fellows 
• Simons Foundation - Fellows-to-Faculty 

Other Career Advancement Opportunities

• NSF Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)
• NIH Career Development Opportunities

Kuali Training

• Kuali Research Training Guides
• Routing and Approvals Training Video
• Kuali Salary Guide

Forms and Templates

View our shared folder with forms and templates, including the following [requires NetID login]

• Budget Justification Templates (NSF/NIH/Other)
• NSF Letter of Collaboration
• Consultant Letter
• 3rd Party Cost Share Provider Letter of Commitment Template
• 3rd Party Cost Share Liability Memo
• PI Eligibility Memo for Lecturers, Research Fellows, and/or Adjunct/Visiting/Emeritus Professors