AWS Cloud Credits for Research Program

The AWS Cloud Credits for Research Program (formerly AWS Research Grants) supports researchers who seek to:

– Build cloud-hosted publicly available science-as-a-service applications, software, or tools to facilitate their future research and the research of their community.
– Perform proof of concept or benchmark tests evaluating the efficacy of moving research workloads or open data sets to the cloud.
– Train a broader community on the usage of cloud for research workloads via workshops or tutorials.

Awarded amounts will vary depending on the research proposal and usage requirements documented in the proposal, and will be in the form of promotional credits applicable to AWS services. EC2 usage supported by promotional credits will be for on-demand and Spot Instances only.

If you are awarded Promotional Credits for free usage of AWS, the promotional credits will be good for the earlier of 1 year or until the promotional credits have been fully utilized.

Eligibility

Proposals may be submitted by researchers at accredited institutions.