Funding Opportunity: Amazon Science Research Awards Program Spring 2025
URL: https://www.amazon.science/research-awards/call-for-proposals
OBJECTIVES
The Amazon Research Awards (ARA) program funds academic research and related contributions to open-source projects by top academic researchers around the world. Awards are structured as unrestricted gifts to the principal investigator’s academic institution or organization and as such, Amazon retains no intellectual property rights to the resulting work. Recipients are encouraged to publish outcomes and commit related code to open-source repositories.
ARA funds a variety of research areas relevant to Amazon, such as applied machine learning, automated reasoning, computer vision, fairness in artificial intelligence, machine learning algorithms and theory, natural language processing, robotics, security, sustainability and more. The Spring 2025 call for proposals includes:
FUNDING INFORMATION
Funding amounts vary based on the call area. Awards may include one or more of the following:
- Up to $100,000 on average in unrestricted funds
- Between $50,000 and up to $250,000 in AWS promotional credits
- Training resources with Amazon scientists and engineers
Recipients are assigned an Amazon research contact who offers consultation and advice along with opportunities to participate in Amazon events and training sessions.
ELIGIBILITY
PI must be either a full-time faculty member or a permanent researcher at an NGO with 501(c)(3) status.
Each proposal should be submitted by a single faculty member who serves as the Primary PI. One co-PI per proposal can be included in the application form.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Interested applicants should submit their application materials online on the page of the call they are applying for by 4/30/2025.
Please contact Jon Gilbert, Senior Director with Industry Engagement, (jong@bu.edu) for additional information about this opportunity.
DEADLINES
Application Deadline: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 by 11:59 pm Pacific Time