AWS Imagine Grant U.K.

We are in the process of expanding the grant program globally, but currently the program is only available to customers headquartered in the United States, United Kingdom,  Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Please check back soon for updates.

Organisations with registered charities with a valid Charity Commission registration number (or OSCR equivalent for Scotland / CCNI equivalent for Northern Ireland) or or equivalent that are registered in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand but serve beneficiaries outside of these geographies are eligible to apply.

We are not accepting applications from education institutions, including primary or secondary schools, and colleges and universities as they are currently outside of the AWS Imagine Grant priority funding areas. The AWS Education Equity Initiative accepts applications from nonprofits, governments, socially-minded EdTechs and corporate social responsibility teams seeking to build digital learning solutions for underserved and underrepresented communities.

In general, we recommend that organisations wait a period of one calendar year or one cycle before reapplying to the AWS Imagine Grant, with the exception of projects that are clearly and sufficiently different in nature, scope or stage than the previous submission. Winners are welcome to reapply to the same or a different category than their initial award, given that the applications should be clearly and sufficiently different in nature, scope or stage than the previous submission.

The number of grantees in each award category varies each year depending on several factors, such as the number and quality of applications, and budget availability. The AWS Imagine Grant is one of many resources available to help you achieve your technology goals and we are committed to supporting you as much as possible.

We accept proposals once annually. Please see below intended 2026 timeline.

• 19 March - Round One application guideline available for download and application portal opens
• 12 June  - Round One closes
• 14 July – Round one notification; Round Two invitation
• 10 August – Round Two opens
• 2 October - Round Two closes

• The next application cycle will open in March 2026, at which time Round One application instructions will be available for download. The Round One application portal will open in March 2026, which you can access through the AWS Imagine Grant main page.
• We will extend Round Two applications by invitation only, based on the evaluation of Round One applications. Organisations who are invited to the Round Two will be provided instructions to submit full proposals for either the Momentum to Modernize, Go Further, Faster, or the Pathfinder award categories. Organisations may only submit one project for the category selected. Full proposal instructions will be provided to Round Two applicants only at the time of notification.

AWS will judge proposals based on factors that include:

• Innovative and unique nature of the project
• Impact on mission-critical goals
• Clearly defined outcomes
• Succinctly defined milestones
• Detailing and applicability of AWS services within the project scope
• Viability of proposed sustainability plan
• Comprehensiveness of applicant’s proposal and information requested
• Submission of proposal in correct format and within program deadlines

At times, a project may not fit neatly under one category. In these instances, consider where your project fits into your organisation or program’s long-term goal and how your organisation leverages technology today (check out our report on nonprofit cloud maturity). For example, if your long-term vision is to apply AI/ML to analyze your organisation’s data but you are currently building a data lake to enable that long-term goal, Momentum to Modernize is the better category for you.

AWS has a multitude of self-service resources and training resources. If you need support in defining your project scope or writing this application, fill out this form on the AWS nonprofits page and an AWS representative will reach out within 1-2 business days. Please prepare a high-level project outline so our colleagues can connect you to the right resources.

The AWS Education Equity Initiative accepts applications from nonprofits, governments, socially-minded EdTechs, and corporate social responsibility teams seeking to build digital learning solutions for underserved and underrepresented communities.