AWS Imagine Grant Program

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Next predicted deadline: Jun 1, 2024 (Letter of inquiry)

Later predicted deadlines: Sep 15, 2024 (Full proposal), Sep 15, 2024 (Full proposal), Jun 1, 2025 (Letter of inquiry)

Grant amount: Up to US $150,000

Funding uses: General Operating Expense, Training / Capacity Building

Location of project: United States

Location of residency: United States

Overview:

Imagine a better world

Our goal is to empower nonprofit organizations to prioritize technology as a mission-critical component of their projects and provide support for organizations pursuing technology driven goals. As part of the program, we are seeking proposals for pilot projects, proofs of concept, or existing programs that utilize technology in a new or expanded way.

AWS Imagine Grant Award categories

The AWS Imagine Grant program offers two distinct award categories for nonprofits to receive support based on their organizational goals and the stage in their technology adoption journeys. As part of the program, we are seeking proposals from eligible nonprofits that fit the requirements below:

The Go Further, Faster Award

The Go Further, Faster award will provide support for highly innovative projects that leverage the cloud. These projects will have the potential to produce scaled, repeatable solutions and may impact an entire industry or field. They will be force multipliers for organizations and will include the application of and/or seek integrations with advanced cloud services, such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), high performance computing, Internet of Things (IoT), and more. The Go Further, Faster Award includes unrestricted cash funding, AWS Promotional Credit, Amazon Web Services (AWS) marketing support, engagement with AWS technical specialists, and more.

Award package includes:

• Up to $150,000 USD of unrestricted financial support
• Up to $100,000 USD in AWS Promotional Credit
• Project implementation guidance from AWS technical specialist(s)
• Access to AWS training and support
• An opportunity for AWS marketing promotion

The Momentum to Modernize Award

As nonprofit organizations seek to transform and enhance their core mission operations with technology, many organizations need funding for foundational technology projects, such as migrating servers to the cloud and modernizing new and existing applications. The Momentum to Modernize award will provide funding for these transformational infrastructure projects, alongside AWS Promotional Credit and implementation support. Nonprofit organizations with specific workloads and outcomes that meet the program criteria are welcome to apply. Projects may include application migration and optimization, net-new application development, data warehouse projects, infrastructure expansion, and more.

Award package includes:

• Up to $50,000 USD of unrestricted financial support
• Up to $20,000 USD in AWS Promotional Credit
• Project implementation guidance from AWS technical specialist(s)
• Access to AWS training and support
• An opportunity for AWS marketing promotion

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