AWS Diagnostic Development Initiative
Funds non-cash support in the form of cloud credits and technical help for diagnostic innovation and health solutions.
The AWS Diagnostic Development Initiative (DDI) was an emergency program announced by Amazon Web Services in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. AWS committed $20 million in total — delivered entirely as in-kind cloud credits and technical support, not cash — to accelerate innovation in rapid and accurate COVID-19 patient testing and other diagnostic solutions to mitigate future outbr…
Provided up to $20 million in AWS cloud credits and technical support to organizations developing rapid COVID-19 diagnostics and outbreak-response solutions; programme wound down in 2021 and is no longer accepting applications.
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