Accelerate your biomedical research
Through the STRIDES Initiative, NIH-funded researchers and institutions can accelerate processing, storage, and analysis of large datasets and complex workloads with special pricing on advanced cloud technology.
Benefits of STRIDES Initiative
Special pricing on cloud technology
Microsoft Azure helps researchers process complex workloads and speed time to results by providing intelligent, scalable, and secure computing, storage, and networking. Through STRIDES Initiative, access special pricing across Azure’s services, including a data egress waiver and other discounts.
Support from Microsoft experts
Bring your projects to the cloud with enterprise - level support from subject matter experts specialized in biomedical research workloads. Access bioinformaticians, datascientists, and engineers to design unique solutions.
Access to special training
Microsoft provides free, specialized training to help research teams smoothly and efficiently manage their projects. Learn how to design cloud architecture, manage costs, and how to get the most out of your cloud environments.
How to join the STRIDES Initiative
The NIH Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) Initiative aims to accelerate biomedical research by providing access to cost-effective, advanced cloud technology and services to optimize processing, storage, and analysis of large datasets and computationally intensive workloads.
The NIH STRIDES Initiative is open to all NIH-funded organizations and institutions.
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NIH-funded researchers with an active grant can access Microsoft Azure by contacting our team through the form below.
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Through the STRIDES initiative, NIH-funded researchers and institutions can accelerate processing, storage, and analysis of large datasets with advanced cloud technology.