Compute for Climate Fellowship 2025
"The Compute for Climate Fellowship is a global R&D funding program designed to support climate tech startups in harnessing advanced cloud computing and AI to combat climate change. Launched in 2023, the fellowship is a joint initiative by the International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI), under UNESCO, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Selected fellows receive funding from AWS to develop proof-of-concept (PoC) climate solutions, with expert guidance from technical and scientific advisors from AWS and IRCAI.
Benefits
Proposals must address at least one of these following key solution areas in the fight against climate change:
- Clean energy
- Low-carbon transportation
- Sustainable agriculture and food
- Circular economy/manufacturing/industry
- Sustainable buildings
- Greenhouse gas accounting and sustainability management
- Carbon removal
- Environment (water, pollution, biodiversity) and climate risk
- New for 2025 Fellowship: Indigenous Solutions to the Climate Crisis
Eligibility Criteria
AWS and IRCAI are expanding the Fellowship to accept up to 20 companies and provide up to $4 million USD to help selected companies bring their ideas to life. The program funds projects that leverage advanced cloud computing, including generative AI and high performance computing, to solve some of the biggest challenges in the fight against climate change. Applications are open through April 6, 2025 for the new cohort.
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