Funding
The UT Austin-Amazon Science Hub provides several funding opportunities for UT researchers and Amazon subject-matter experts to pursue impactful research.
To receive updates on funding opportunities, including submission deadlines, guidelines and information on other Amazon funding opportunities, please contact Sara Hernando, Associate Director for Research Relations, at sara.hernando@austin.utexas.edu
To support our mutual interest in developing a sustainable, diverse talent pipeline, the UT Austin-Amazon Science Hub will offer one-year Ph.D. fellowships to UT students. These fellowships will be aligned to the academic year cycle, and recipients will be selected by the Science Hub board of advisors.
Amazon business units engage with UT researchers to fund select competitive and non-competitive projects under sponsored research project agreements. The selection process for these projects is at the discretion of Amazon and the funding group.
For more information on examples of sponsored research projects, visit our Research page.
The UT Austin-Amazon Science Hub runs competitive open calls and solicits proposals for gift-funded research projects in both fundamental and application-specific concepts. Research grant recipients are awarded financial support and given the opportunity to connect with an Amazon scientist for collaboration/discussions.
The areas of interest for each grant award cycle will be specified within the submission instructions, along with the deadlines and project template. The duration of each project lasts one academic year.
For more information on examples of each of these mechanisms, visit our Research page.