AWS Cloud Credits for Research Grant

AWS Cloud Credits for Research Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amount: Up to US $5,000 in in-kind support
Last Updated: April 02, 2026

Summary

The AWS Cloud Credits for Research Grant supports researchers at accredited institutions to develop cloud-hosted applications, conduct proof of concept tests, and provide training on cloud usage. The program offers promotional credits for AWS services, valid for one year or until fully utilized. Eligible applicants include faculty and students, with funding varying based on project needs. However, it does not support ongoing research or administrative projects, and currently excludes applications from the greater China region.

Overview

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. AWS will evaluate academic research support proposals from researchers at accredited institutions throughout the year. 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. Please make sure to account for the duration of the promotional credits in your project timeline, as the end date cannot be extended and promotional credits will expire if unused. What types of research projects are funded? The AWS Cloud Credit for Research program is aimed at supporting finite projects that seek to build a cloud-hosted service, software, or tools and/or seek to migrate a research process or open data to the cloud. Projects should fall into one of three project types: proof of concept or benchmark for comparison; development of repeatable, sharable solutions; or advanced workshops or tutorials.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Researchers at accredited research institutions can apply for AWS Promotional Credit. Researchers are defined as:Full-time faculty at an accredited research institution;Full-time research staff at an accredited research institution; orGraduate, post-graduate or PhD students enrolled at an accredited research institution.Student applications may request up to $5,000.00 in AWS Promotional Credit. Faculty and staff do not have an award cap.The AWS Cloud Credit for Research program encourages applications from researchers around the world.The only exception is applications from the greater China region. Currently, we are unable to process applications from this region. We are working to be able to offer AWS Cloud Credit for Research in the greater China region soon. Please stay tuned for updates.

Ineligibility

Research credit will not support administrative workloads, operations, and ongoing or established research projects. Research credit will not support general lab projects or ongoing research. Applications for the general funding of a lab will not be accepted.