NIH STRIDES Initiative (Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability)

National Institutes of Health, Office of Data Science Strategy

NIH partnerships with commercial cloud providers that let NIH-supported researchers buy cloud services at reduced rates, with free enterprise support, training, and a no-cost Cloud Lab testing environment.

Indicative award

Not a cash award (not a cash award)Discounted rates rather than free service or a cash award. The page states reduced rates subject to provider terms but publishes no discount percentage or credit amount.

Timing

Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Enrollment is continuous for researchers with active NIH support; there is no application deadline.

Who can apply

Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank

Eligibility

Open to NIH intramural researchers and to awardees of NIH contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and other agreements. Researchers without an active NIH award are not covered; enrollment runs through the researcher's institution.

SSWR clusters

Topics

cloud computing · discounted cloud rates · data science infrastructure · training

Apply at

https://datascience.nih.gov/strides

This entry

Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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NIH STRIDES Initiative (Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability)

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