Vice President for Research

Amazon Research Awards (ARA) is announcing the fall 2024 call for proposals for five research areas:

• AI for Information Security;
• Automated Reasoning;
• AWS AI: Generative AI, Governance and Responsible AI, ML Compilers, Distributed Training;
• AWS Cryptography; and
• Sustainability.

The deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. PT on Nov. 13, 2024.

Proposals will be reviewed for the quality of their scientific content, creativity, and their potential for impact at scale. Proposals related to theory, practice, and novel new techniques are all welcome.

ARA provides grant recipients unrestricted funds and AWS promotional credits. Funded projects are assigned an Amazon research contact, and recipients also receive training resources, including AWS tutorials and hands-on sessions with Amazon scientists and engineers.

Before applying, researchers are encouraged to visit the ARA website and read the frequently asked questions for more specific program information.