• Amazon Research Awards (ARA) provides unrestricted funds and AWS Promotional Credits to academic researchers investigating various research topics in multiple disciplines. • This cycle, ARA received many excellent research proposals from across the world and today is publicly announcing 63 award recipients who represent 41 universities in 8 countries. • This announcement includes awards funded under five call for proposals during the spring 2025 cycle: AI for Information Security, Amazon Ads, AWS AI: Agentic AI, Build on Trainium and Think Big. • Proposals were reviewed for the quality of their scientific content and their potential to impact both the research community and society. • Additionally, Amazon encourages the publication of research results, presentations of research at Amazon offices worldwide, and the release of related code under open-source licenses. • Recipients have access to more than 700 Amazon public datasets and can utilize AWS AI/ML services and tools through their AWS Promotional Credits.
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- Amazon announced 63 recipients of its 2025 Research Awards, representing 41 universities across eight countries. The awards, funded under five call‑for‑proposals-AI for Information Security, Amazon Ads, AWS AI: Agentic AI, Build on Trainium, and Think Big-provide unrestricted funding and AWS promotional credits. Awardees gain access to over 700 public datasets, AWS AI/ML services, and a dedicated Amazon research contact for consultation and event participation. Amazon encourages publication, presentations at its offices, and open‑source code releases. Highlights include healthcare projects improving drug discovery and stroke prediction, and Build on Trainium successes such as state‑of‑the‑art FlashAttention gains at CMU and cost‑effective 3D medical imaging at MIT.
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