Nebius research grants

The AI revolution is built on decades of scientific work, and we believe it’s time to give back. Nebius research grants program provides researchers with free access to GPU cloud, AI models, and Tavily’s agentic search engine, along with our expertise to accelerate discovery and deployment.

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What you can get

GPU cloud credits, Token Factory tokens, Tavily credits

Advance your research with us — from model training to agentic search.

The exact amount is determined individually based on each proposal.

Co-marketing

The most exciting work is amplified on Nebius.Science.

More opportunities for joint promotion of your research: website publications, case studies, social media, PR activities.

Who can apply

Postgraduate students conducting academic research

PhD students and postdoctoral researchers

Faculty members from accredited academic institutions leading computational or data-intensive projects

Researchers from accredited academic institutions or non-profit research organizations

Research supported by Nebius

The TIP of the Iceberg: Revealing a Hidden Class of Task-in-Prompt Adversarial Attacks on LLMs.

By Sergey Berezin, Reza Farahbakhsh, Noel Crespi.

Learning Elementary Cellular Automata with Transformers

By Mikhail Burtsev.

CRISPR-GPT for agentic automation of gene-editing experiments

By Yuanhao Qu, Le Cong et al.

Addressing data scarcity in multilingual fake news detection: an LLM-based dataset augmentation approach

By Razieh Chalehchaleh, Reza Farahbakhsh, Noel Crespi.

Project qualification criteria

Academic or scientific focus with clear objectives

Innovative use of GPUs for AI, machine learning, data analytics or HPC

Demonstrated feasibility and potential impact

Transparent resource utilization plan

Co-marketing: being open to publicly acknowledging Nebius support and joining communications

A capable team with relevant research experience

How to apply

Submit your proposal

Applications are open year-round.

Complete proposals submitted by the last day of each month will enter that month’s review cycle.

Application review

If you submit your proposal in a given month, we will review it during the next calendar month.

We may contact you if we need additional information.

Decision

Successful applicants will be notified by the end of the next calendar month.

If we haven’t contacted you by the end of the next calendar month, your proposal was not selected.

You’re welcome to revise it and reapply in a future cycle.

Start your project

Review and accept the applicable program terms.

Start using your research credits.

Reach out if you need assistance.

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FAQ

Yes, you can apply again with another research project.

Submitting an application does not guarantee selection or an award. Selection and the amount of any award are determined at Nebius’ discretion, subject to resource availability. Selected applicants will receive the applicable program terms for review and acceptance. Credits will be provided only after acceptance of those terms and successful completion of onboarding and required identity and eligibility checks.

The offer is valid for a limited time only.

The offer cannot be combined with other promotions, discounts or special offers.

Any conditions of this offer are subject to change.

Cloud credits are provided at Nebius’ sole discretion.