Applications are now open for the AWS IMAGINE Grant Program, a public grant opportunity open to registered 501(c) nonprofit organizations in the United States who are using cloud technology to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.
Donor Name: Amazon Web Services
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $20,000 – $100,000
Details:
The goal of the AWS IMAGINE Grant 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, they 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 packages include:
- Cash funding
- Funding to support project implementation.
- AWS Promotional Credit
- AWS Promotional Credit to offset costs associated with launching winning project workloads on AWS.
- Access to AWS technical specialists
- Receive expert technical guidance to bring your winning project to life on AWS.
- Opportunity for AWS marketing promotion
- Share your story and inspire other nonprofit organizations to use cloud technology for mission goals.
Award Categories
- 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, database migration and centralization, 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.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit organizations with 501(c) status or equivalent based in the United States are eligible to apply. This includes 501(c)3 organizations, as well as credit unions, public utility organizations, and other 501(c)-designated entities. AWS IMAGINE Grant is provided and administered through Amazon Web Service EMEA Sarl for EMEA-based applicants of this program.
- Organizations with annual budgets of any size may apply for this program. AWS welcomes all causes and mission areas to apply, including nonprofit healthcare providers and credit unions. Educational institutions and select healthcare institutions are excluded. These institutions are currently outside of the AWS IMAGINE Grant priority funding areas.
Selection Criteria
AWS will judge proposals based on factors that include:
- Innovative and unique nature of the project
- Impact on mission-critical goals
- Clearly defined outcomes
- Succinctly defined milestones
- Detailing and applicability of AWS services within the project scope
- Viability of proposed sustainability plan
- Comprehensiveness of applicant’s proposal and information requested
- Submission of proposal in correct format and within the deadline.
For more information, visit AWS.
