Google Cloud Credit Grants (Stanford HAI)

Google Cloud Credit Grants (Stanford HAI) is sponsored by Stanford University - Stanford HAI. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

Google Cloud Credit Grants | Stanford HAI Get the latest news, advances in research, policy work, and education program updates from HAI in your inbox weekly. We have partnered with Google to offer researchers the chance to submit proposals and receive up to $100,000 of credits to be used on Google Cloud in support of the HAI research vision (AI: Human impact, Augmenting human capabilities, and studying Intelligence).

This program provides Stanford researchers the unique opportunity to access more credits than generally offered through the Google for Higher Education programs. Proposals of all sizes will be considered; however, small and medium proposals for initial exploration of cloud computing usability will be prioritized.

We will give preference to proposals that distinctively take advantage of Google Cloud capabilities rather than other computing infrastructures, including but not limited to: particular Google services, dynamic scalability to high distributed peak computing availability, high-availability servers, serverless event-driven computing, evaluation and testing against a wide variety of machine architectures, and needing not widely available particular capabilities, such as high-end GPUs.

Credits are intended to be used to advance promising, novel, or emerging research that requires advanced computational resources provided by the commercial cloud.

HAI will evaluate projects on (I) the fit of the work with HAI’s focus areas, (II) how exciting and impactful we believe the research project will be, (III) the likelihood to initiate or sustain meaningful interdisciplinary collaborations across the University, and (IV) its need for, use of, and sensible allocation of cloud infrastructure. HAI does not attempt a detailed technical evaluation of your research.

Guiding, forecasting, and studying the human and societal impact of AI, domestically and globally Augmenting Human Capabilities Designing and creating AI applications that augment human capabilities. Developing AI technologies inspired by the versatility and depth of human intelligence. Please note: This program is now quite competitive due to greatly increased demand.

A PI may submit more than one proposal, but only one proposal is likely to receive funding. Proposal length requirements by tiers: Small: ≤ $5,000 for 12 months - One paragraph of text Medium: $5,001 – $20,000 for 12 months - Up to one page Large: $20,001 – $100,000 for 12 months - Up to two pages, excluding references Proposals should cover the below items, but budget details are only needed for Medium and Large proposals.

Brief overview of the project (e.g., Background, Objectives, Expected significance, Relation to longer-term goals, Relation to the present state of knowledge in the field, etc.) Statement of Computational Work: Description of experimental methods and computational work, including how you will use the cloud credits for this work Expected results or deliverables and timeline Budget: use Google Cloud Credit Pricing Calculator to estimate usage and produce a budget (for Medium and Large projects) Budget Justification: Briefly justify how the requested machine type(s) and estimated usage is suitable for the proposed work Period of Performance: One calendar year from the date the credits are deposited into the researcher’s account.

Extensions are not permitted. Applications will be accepted and considered three times a year. The Google Cloud Credit Program is becoming increasingly popular, so HAI may not be able to honor full credit requests and credits may be split across multiple deposits.

Proposals will be accepted from all Stanford researchers, however students or other researchers who do not have PI status will be required to secure endorsement of the proposal from their PI-eligible faculty mentor. Grant recipients may be requested to participate in a short interview to describe their project and/or participate in a feedback survey to enable continuous improvement of the HAI-Google Cloud Credits Program.

Timely and substantive reporting of the value derived from cloud credits grants is important to HAI’s ability to continue and expand our grant programs. One year after account set up or upon exhaustion of the credits allocated, recipients must provide a final report of research results, credit usage, and a list of publications, articles, or conference talks emerging from the research.

Projects receiving larger credit grants will be expected to provide more detailed reports. Google Cloud Credits are suitable for Low, Moderate and High Risk Data as classified by the Information Security Office. Learn more about comprehensive information on classification .

Google is authorized for use with High Risk Data after a Data Risk Assessment is completed. Applicant agrees to adhere to the Minimum Security Standards for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Containerized Solutions and the Administrative Guide Section 6. 3.

1: Information Security . These grants are made possible by a gift from Google . Award decisions will be made by Stanford HAI.

Please see our statements on HAI’s commitment to independence , and to transparency around our values and our fundraising policy , as well as Stanford’s policy on openness in research . The credit is non-transferable and may not be sold or bartered. Credit awards must be activated within 60 days of the project start date indicated in the application form.

Credit awards expire 365 days from the coupon redemption date, or when the credit amount has been fully used, whichever comes first. The credit may be issued in increments as You use the credit over the period of time during which the credit is valid. The credits do not have commercial value and may not be used for commercial purposes.

Offer void where prohibited by law. If you are faculty at Your educational institution, You represent that You are accepting the promotional credit on behalf of Your educational institution and the credit can only be used on behalf of the educational entity in connection with the project described in this application form and not for Your personal use.

If you are a PhD Candidate at Your educational institution, You represent that the credit will only be used in connection with the project described in this application form and in Your capacity as a PhD candidate at Your educational institution. Credit cannot be used for Your personal use.

(i) You are authorized to accept this credit; (ii) the credit is consistent with all applicable laws and regulations, including relevant ethics rules and laws; and (iii) the provision of credits will not negatively impact Google's current or future ability to do business with such educational entity. Questions? E-mail us at hai-cloud-credits@stanford.

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