Earth on AWS Call for Proposals

Broadly, the AWS Cloud Credits for Research Program supports researchers who seek to:

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

For this specific Call for Proposals, we are looking for applications related to the usage of Earth on AWS datasets.

Application Process

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 AWS Promotional Credits applicable to AWS services. EC2 usage supported by AWS Promotional Credits will be for on-demand and Spot Instances only.

Decisions are typically communicated 30 days following submission. Note that decisions are sent from "aws-research-credits [AT] amazon.com" and sometimes get routed to spam.

If you are awarded AWS Promotional Credits for free usage of AWS, they will be good for the earlier of 1 year or until they have been fully utilized. Please make sure to account for the duration of the AWS Promotional Credits in your project timeline, as the end date cannot be extended and they will expire if unused.

 

For guidance on how to complete this application, please see our FAQ page.

 

Please use the pricing calculator to estimate your monthly AWS bill based on various AWS services to be used, then multiply by the expected duration of your project. If your project involves interruption-tolerant jobs, we strongly encourage you to plan for the use of Spot Instances and alter your budget accordingly. Please see our FAQ page for more information.

Proposal description should address the following topics:

1. Brief description of problem to be solved.

2. Proposed AWS solution (including specific AWS tools, timeline, key milestones).

3. Plan for sharing outcomes (tools, data, and/or resources) created during project.

4. Any potential future use of AWS beyond grant duration by individual research group or broader community.

5. Names of any AWS employees you have been in contact with (this is not a prerequisite for the application).

6. Any Earth on AWS datasets to be used in your research.

7. Keywords to facilitate proposal review.

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