Accelerating Foundation Models Research (AFMR)
Offers Accelerating Foundation Models Research, supporting provided Azure cloud credits and foundation model API access to academic researchers.
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Accelerating Foundation Models Research (AFMR) provided Azure cloud credits and foundation model API access to academic researchers globally investigating AI alignment, human-AI interaction, and scientific discovery. It attracted ~400 proposals from 170 universities in 33 countries during active cycles.
As of May 2026 Microsoft Research is transitioning AFMR to the Agentic AI Research and Innovat…
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