Proposals are currently open for the Amazon Research Awards, Fall 2026, a prominent funding opportunity sponsored by Amazon designed to support cutting-edge academic and non-governmental research. If you are a researcher working in fields like applied machine learning, automated reasoning, computer vision, or natural language processing, this program offers you unrestricted funds, AWS promotional credits, and direct collaboration with Amazon scientists. Whether you are exploring Agentic AI or synthetic data generation, you can secure essential resources to advance your innovative projects.
Name of Host Institution
Amazon
Requirements/Eligibility Criteria
Open to researchers worldwide whose institutions hold official accreditation or legal status in their respective countries.
Academic Faculty must be full-time faculty members at an accredited academic institution.
NGO Researchers must serve as permanent researchers at a non-governmental organization with recognized legal status in its home country (equivalent to 501(c)(3) status in the United States).
Key Research Areas and Support
Proposals for Fall 2026 focus on specialized themes including Agentic AI, AI for Information Security: Agentic, Recursive Improvement of Kernels and Frameworks, Multilingual and Contextual AI Evaluation, On-Device Multimodal Perception, and Synthetic Data Generation for Multimodal Perception. Successful recipients receive unrestricted funds, AWS promotional credits, training resources, and hands-on guidance from assigned Amazon research contacts, scientists, and engineers.
Q: What specific benefits do funded projects obtain from Amazon?
Recipients receive unrestricted funds, AWS promotional credits, training resources, and mentorship through assigned Amazon research contacts, scientists, and engineers.
Q: What are the designated Fall 2026 research focus areas?
Focus areas include Agentic AI, AI for Information Security, Multilingual and Contextual AI Evaluation, On-Device Multimodal Perception, and Synthetic Data Generation for Multimodal Perception.
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