AWS Education Equity Initiative

Empowering organizations to create digital learning solutions for underserved learners globally
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Boost future skills education

The AWS Education Equity Initiative expands access to future skills education for underserved learners globally. Amazon is committing up to $100 million in AWS credits and technical expertise to support socially-minded organizations develop innovative digital learning solutions that utilize cloud and AI technologies.

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Boost future skills education

Benefits

Turn learning ideas into reality with access to AWS cloud technology, AI services, and technical guidance

Apply for AWS credits to build and scale educational solutions using AWS cloud services and AI technologies. With these credits, organizations can leverage AWS cloud services to create online courses, learning platforms, chatbots, and other digital learning experiences.

Accelerate the development of learning solutions with expert guidance from AWS Solutions Architects. Receive tailored architectural guidance, best practices for responsible AI implementation, and ongoing optimization support.

Recipients can submit their impact stories for joint storytelling with AWS. These opportunities provide valuable exposure for emerging organization and initiatives.

Build and scale digital learning solutions

"Thanks to Amazon Bedrock, AWS’s service to build and scale generative AI innovations, and the AWS solutions team, Code.org was able to build an AI Teaching Assistant that has helped teachers increase their confidence when teaching computer science and reduces the time they spend assessing student's coding projects by up to 50%. Empowerment and efficiency mean more time for teachers to do their most important work — working with their students."

- Karim Meghji, Chief Product Officer, Code.org

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Eligible organizations include non-profits, governments, socially-minded EdTechs, and corporate social responsibility teams seeking to build digital learning solutions for underserved and underrepresented communities.

Selected organizations will receive AWS credits to build and scale learning solutions and targeted technical advising from AWS Solutions Architects.

To apply, visit the application link.

Organizations are notified of their submission status within 10-12 business days of completing the application.

AWS will evaluate applications based on:

  • Succint articulation of challenge(s) being faced by underrepresented and underserved learners in accessing future skills learning opportunities
  • Comprehensiveness of how proposed learning solution addresses challenge(s) outlined
  • Focus of learning solution on underserved and underrepresented communities and learners
  • Focus on skills, knowledge, and behaviors helping learners access and maintain jobs in an increasingly technology-driven world
  • Succintly defined milestones along with timeline
  • Clearly defined impact metrics
  • Detailing and applicability of AWS services within the project scope
  • Viability of proposed sustainability plan
  • Cloud building capacity

We strive to support students and learning along the continuum of kindergarten to career, including trade schools, community colleges, and universities.

Yes, we encourage you to explore the Imagine Grant, AWS Artificial Intelligence Accelerator, AI for Changemakers and the AWS Activate program to see whether there may be other options to support your use of AWS services.

Once you are fully approved, you will be requested to share your impact data with us periodically. Based on this data, we will reach out to you with the most relevant opportunities for storytelling when applicable.

If you are an existing AWS customer, please alert your Account Manager that you are seeking technical support and they will let us know. If you are a new AWS customer, once you have completed your application, the team will be in touch with follow-up questions and at that time, you are welcome to describe your need for technical guidance.

We support eligible organizations with initial modernization, optimization and migration requests to help you successfully build and scale your learning solution. Please note, this is only in the form of advice, guidance and demos. We do not do any practical development, building, or production of solutions.

By future skills education, we refer to skills, knowledge and behaviours that help learners gain access to, and maintain jobs in today's increasingly tech-driven world. We welcome organizations' definitions of future skills education and you are able to share this as part of the application.

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