As part of the center’s mission to promote healthcare innovation, Pilot Grants are awarded annually to UMass faculty teams that use collaborative, interdisciplinary nurse-engineer research to discover and fill gaps in effective healthcare products and processes.

Dissertation Completion Fellowships support summer dissertation writing, while Predissertation, Fieldwork, Rapid Research and MFA Thesis grants provide funding for students to advance their doctoral or MFA thesis work.

PSEGs, intended to enhance the mission of UMass Amherst as a Carnegie-classified “Engaged Research University,” focus on mutually beneficial collaborative partnerships between the university and off-campus community organizations through special projects and related scholarship.

Named after the superhero sisters of the animated series “The Powerpuff Girls,” Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup each received two bands with unique ID codes on May 23: one silver, issued by the federal government, and the other green and black, issued by the state.

Administered by the Office of Research Development under the Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement, the FRG program promotes research and scholarly and creative activities in all disciplines and fields across the university campus.

The university joins nearly 450 other cities and campuses across the country that are united in improving their landscapes for pollinators by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

The hands-on workshop, led by a queer instructor, is designed for the LGBTQIA+ community and allies to learn practical self-defense.