NIH STRIDES Initiative

The STRIDES Initiative is one of many NIH-wide efforts to implement the NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science, which provides a roadmap for modernizing the NIH-funded biomedical data science ecosystem.

Data generated via biomedical research continues to outpace the ability to process, store, and analyze in many local environments. Benefits of using the STRIDES Initiative include Professional services—Access to professional service consultations and technical support from the STRIDES Initiative partners.

Training—Access to training for researchers, data owners, and others to help ensure optimal use of available tools and technologies. Discounts on STRIDES Initiative partner services—Favorable pricing on computing, storage, and related cloud services for NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) and NIH-funded institutions.

Potential collaborative engagements—Opportunities to explore methods and approaches that may advance NIH’s biomedical research objectives (with scope and milestones of engagements agreed upon separately).

The STRIDES Initiative aims to help NIH and its institutions accelerate biomedical research by reducing barriers in utilizing commercial cloud services. This initiative aims to harness the power of the cloud to accelerate biomedical discovery. NIH and NIH-funded researchers can take advantage of STRIDES benefits.

Learn more and access: https://cloud.nih.gov/

Vision:-

By leveraging the STRIDES Initiative, NIH and NIH-funded institutions can begin to create a robust, interconnected ecosystem that breaks down silos related to generating, analyzing, and sharing research data. NIH-funded researchers with an active NIH award may take advantage of the STRIDES Initiative for their NIH-funded research projects.

Eligible investigators include awardees of NIH contracts, other transaction agreements, grants, cooperative agreements, and other agreements.