Opportunity type
Funding
Training program
Contest
Cause areas
AI safety & policy
Information security
Routes to impact
Direct high impact on an important cause
Skill-building & building career capital
Learning about important cause areas
Skill set
Research
Information security
Software engineering
Deadline
2026-05-06
Description
Amazon is seeking proposals for AI research that addresses some of the most challenging problems in information security, with funding and resources available for selected projects.
- Focus areas include trustworthy agentic AI for security operations, threat and anomaly detection, AI-powered incident response, vulnerability detection, securing generative AI and foundation models, reinforcement learning for security, and more.
- Awards offer up to $80,000 USD in unrestricted funds, up to $40,000 USD in AWS Promotional Credits, and access to training resources with Amazon scientists and engineers.
- Submission period is March 25, 2026 – May 6, 2026; decisions will be communicated in August 2026.
- Proposals are evaluated on potential research impact and scientific quality; eligibility requirements and proposal templates are provided on the program site.
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