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Amazon

aka Amazon Science, Amazon Research Awards, ARA
Amazon funds academic research through Amazon Research Awards, run by Amazon Science, which offers unrestricted funds and AWS Promotional Credits to academic institutions and nonprofits. Calls for proposals cover areas including machine learning, robotics, sustainability and security, and Amazon also issues targeted calls such as Build on Trainium.1,2

Open & upcoming

2 deadlines ahead

Programs

2 active
  • Amazon Research AwardsGrants · unrestricted funds and AWS promotional credits

    Amazon Research Awards provide one-time unrestricted gifts to academic institutions and may include AWS Promotional Credits. Award amounts follow the relevant call and panel review. The Fall 2026 call opened October 1 and closes November 4, 2026 at 11:59 pm Pacific time.

  • Automated Reasoning call for proposals - Fall 2026Grants · no more than $80,000 USD, plus no more than $40,000 USD in AWS Promotional Credits

    Amazon's Fall 2026 Automated Reasoning call supports research on formal methods, solvers, verification and sound neurosymbolic reasoning. Eligible principal investigators may receive up to USD 80,000 as an institutional gift and up to USD 40,000 in AWS promotional credits. Proposals are due November 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM Pacific. ARA eligibility rules apply; submission requires portal sign-in.

2026 timeline

Past rounds

2 programs · show
Focus Areas

machine learning, robotics, sustainability, security, cloud and systems, computer vision, conversational AI, economics, operations research, quantum technologies.