Thanks to a gift from the Microsoft Corporation, Cornell’s Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society and the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture are pleased to announce a call for proposals for Azure cloud computing grants. The grants can support computational and data intensive research across a variety of domain areas; we aim to particularly support areas that align with initial priorities of the Center, which focuses on questions grounded in data that are generated by human activity, including computational social science (e.g., sociology and government), public health (especially issues related to the Covid-19 pandemic), the economics/computer science interface, aspects of digital agriculture related to production, resource and waste management, breeding and genetics, food manufacturing, distribution and consumption, digital platforms supporting urban infrastructure (e.g., the sharing economy), and as a theme that is cross-cutting in many of these areas, the corresponding issues of privacy, security, and fairness. We invite proposals based on a diversity of intellectual approaches and personal backgrounds.

A total of $150,000 Azure cloud computing credits is available. Awards can range from $5K – $25K each. They will be awarded in multiple rounds. A grant takes the form of credits for the use of Azure cloud computing resources. Credits must be used by the end of the academic year (June 30, 2021). An extension through the end of the calendar year is highly likely, but the anticipated timetable of work should be aligned with this deadline. At the end of the award period, unused credits may be reassigned to other projects.

For proposal submission guidelines please see: https://datasciencecenter.cornell.edu/microsoft-azure-credits/ 

Questions?: info@datasciencecenter.cornell.edu