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The University of Massachusetts Amherst and University College Dublin (UCD) have announced the recipients of the 2025–2026 UMass–UCD Joint Research Seed Fund, a program designed to foster new and existing international research collaborations across multiple disciplines.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has announced the recipients of the 2025–2026 UMass–Baden-Württemberg Joint Research Seed Fund, a competitive program that supports collaborative research partnerships between UMass Amherst and leading universities across the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst Office of Global Affairs has released an updated International Research Partnership Funding Opportunities resource, strengthening institutional support for globally engaged research and international collaboration across disciplines.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst and Hokkaido University (HU) have announced the recipients of the 2026 UMass–Hokkaido Joint Research Seed Fund to four collaborative research teams.

Professor of Community Health Education Kathryn Derose and colleagues from the ProMeSA II research study recently presented  progress on this national clinical trial in the Dominican Republic (D.R.) with leaders from the prime academic partner, the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) and multiple government agencies and community partners.

UMass Amherst has been recognized by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs as one of the higher education institutions that has produced the most recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship over the past 25 years.

Co-director of the UMass Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation and professor at the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing and the Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) Dr. Karen Giuliano traveled to Ho Chi Minh City this January to conduct research as part of a seed grant awarded through UMass Amherst's participation in the International Academic Partnership Program (IAPP) Vietnam.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for the fifth time, a designation awarded to an elite group of U.S. universities with the most faculty researchers and administrators selected for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program 2025-26.