AWS Education Equity Initiative

Eligible organizations include non-profits, governments, socially-minded EdTechs, and corporate social responsibility teams seeking to build digital learning solutions for underserved and underrepresented communities.

Selected organizations will receive AWS credits to build and scale learning solutions and targeted technical advising from AWS Solutions Architects.

Visit the application link to begin the process. Applications are hosted by the external company, YouNoodle. You can create an account using your preferred sign-in method. AWS will review all submitted applications.

Organizations are notified of their submission status within 10-12 business days of completing the application.

AWS will evaluate applications based on:

• Succinct articulation of challenge(s) being faced by underrepresented and underserved learners in accessing future skills learning opportunities
• Comprehensiveness of how proposed learning solution addresses challenge(s) outlined
• Focus of learning solution on underserved and underrepresented communities and learners
• Focus on skills, knowledge, and behaviors helping learners access and maintain jobs in an increasingly technology-driven world
• Succinctly defined milestones along with timeline
• Clearly defined impact metrics
• Detailing and applicability of AWS services within the project scope
• Viability of proposed sustainability plan
• Cloud building capacity

We strive to support students and learning along the continuum of kindergarten to career, including trade schools, community colleges, and universities.

Yes, we encourage you to explore the Imagine Grant, AWS Artificial Intelligence Accelerator, AI for Changemakers and the AWS Activate program to see whether there may be other options to support your use of AWS services.

Once you are fully approved, you will be requested to share your impact data with us periodically. Based on this data, we will reach out to you with the most relevant opportunities for storytelling when applicable.

If you are an existing AWS customer, please alert your Account Manager that you are seeking technical support and they will let us know. If you are a new AWS customer, once you have completed your application, the team will be in touch with follow-up questions and at that time, you are welcome to describe your need for technical guidance.

We support eligible organizations with initial modernization, optimization and migration requests to help you successfully build and scale your learning solution. Please note, this is only in the form of advice, guidance and demos. We do not do any practical development, building, or production of solutions.

By future skills education, we refer to skills, knowledge and behaviours that help learners gain access to, and maintain jobs in today's increasingly tech-driven world. We welcome organizations' definitions of future skills education and you are able to share this as part of the application.