“US higher education institutions, Internet2 affiliates, and federal affiliates may now utilize the Internet2 NET+ Amazon Web Services (AWS) agreement to realize the benefits of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) Initiative. As a result, institutions will now be able to leverage the Internet2 NET+ AWS agreement to access AWS for both their enterprise and NIH-funded research needs as part of the STRIDES Initiative. NET+ AWS subscribers will also have the ability to manage all of their institution’s AWS workloads under a single organization for improved security and compliance.”
“The NIH STRIDES Initiative provides researchers access to commercial cloud services, including advanced computational tools and state-of-the-art data storage. This, coupled with biomedical and data science expertise, enables researchers to use the latest cloud-based tools and technologies to advance and accelerate their work. STRIDES has expanded access to cutting-edge cloud resources for more than 2,500 academic institutions across the nation, offered training to over 4,000 researchers, and has already supported 700 research programs and projects to date…”
“Internet2’s NET+ Cloud Services program shares the NIH STRIDES Initiative’s goal to reduce barriers to utilizing cloud computing resources for the research and education community. The NET+ program allows Internet2’s higher education members to work together to evaluate cloud services, negotiate custom contract terms, and convene communities of practice in meaningful ways to support the adoption and ongoing operations of these services…” Read the full press release here.
Source: Internet2 Announces Availability of Collaborative Agreement With AWS for NIH Award Recipients to Utilize the STRIDES Initiative – April 4, 2022. Internet2.
