AWS Cloud Credit for Research
Amazon Web Services · Academic cloud credits
VariesStudents up to $5,000; faculty/staff awards uncapped and sized to the proposal
AWS promotional credits for researchers at accredited research institutions to build public science-as-a-service tools, run cloud proof-of-concepts or teach cloud skills.
Key terms
- Full-time faculty/research staff, or graduate/PhD students at accredited research institutions
- Student awards capped at $5,000
- EC2 limited to on-demand and spot instances
- Review takes 90–120 days; no expedited review
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed, series-a, growth
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- No
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Eligible
- Nonprofits
- Eligible
Also required
- Not for startups
How to apply
Submit the online application with your research proposal; watch for mail from [email protected].
- Benefit
- credits
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- 90–120 days
- Credit validity
- Fixed period stated in award
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source