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NIH STRIDES Initiative

The NIH STRIDES Initiative is a strategic effort to modernize the biomedical research ecosystem by enabling NIH-supported researchers to access commercial cloud services at reduced cost.

STRIDES empowers researchers to analyze large-scale biomedical datasets efficiently by providing access to advanced computing resources, tools, and rich datasets.

Features and Benefits​

  • NIH STRIDES offers significant cost savings on cloud computing, which includes discounts on storage, computing, and data egress. This makes it more accessible for NIH researchers to leverage the cloud for large-scale computational tasks.

  • By collaborating with commercial cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure STRIDES grants researchers access to various cutting-edge technologies, including high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning capabilities.

  • The initiative promotes a more collaborative research environment by facilitating more accessible access to data repositories and shared datasets, which can be securely accessed and shared globally.

Eligibility​

Researchers who are part of NIH-funded projects can participate in the STRIDES Initiative. The program is designed to support both new and ongoing research projects that can benefit from cloud technology.

Getting Started​

To get started with STRIDES, NIH researchers should identify their cloud computing needs and how cloud resources can support their research goals. Then follow the steps in the enrollment page.

For further details, please visit the NIH STRIDES Initiative website.