Amazon Science: Amazon Research Awards
Deadline: May 6, 2026
Award: $50,000 - $80,000
Interested? Please complete the Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) Proposal Request Form ASAP to be assigned a research administrator. Please contact the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations ([email protected]) for a proposal worksheet.
Link to full request for proposal
Overview
Amazon Science is offering awards in several topics. Awards are funding as well as promotional credits, and access to resources.
Topics include:
- AI for Information Security
- Agentic AI
- Amazon 2030
- Amazon Security
- Robotics
- Build on Trainium (Amazon Web Services' own training AI chip)
Amazon Science says awards are unrestricted gifts to the principal investigator's academic institution or organization. Amazon retains no intellectual property rights to the resulting work. Recipients are encouraged to publish outcomes and commit related code to open-source repositories. Recipients are assigned an Amazon research contact who offers consultation and advice along with opportunities to participate in Amazon events and training session.
Important information
Budget may not include indirect costs.
Process
This is a single step application process.
- Interested parties should immediately complete the SPA Proposal Request Form to be assigned a research administrator.
- The application will be managed by SPA, and you will work with your assigned research administrator
- All required information, in final form, needs to be submitted to SPA no later than five business days before submission deadline.