Databricks University Alliance

Databricks University Alliance is Databricks Inc.’s education-facing program for partner universities, centered on instructor and student access to Databricks products for teaching and applied learning. The alliance provides free platform access, educator and student badges, curated notebooks and tooling examples for Delta Lake and MLflow, and a 25% discount on Databricks certification for students completing course steps. The program documents more than 1,000 partner universities globally and highlights hands-on teaching resources over grant-like cash awards. Databricks also notes an invite-only Student Fellows stream and distinguishes this route from open grant mechanisms, emphasizing collaboration and platform adoption. It is strongest for universities and academic programs that need teaching infrastructure and technical training channels rather than direct research grant funding.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.