For Research
Compute for science.
We are a research lab that operates a cloud — and we underwrite computing for principal investigators at accredited universities and research institutions. Apply with a two-page proposal; we respond in two weeks.
What's available
Two programs.
Compute grants
Unrestricted GPU credits sized to the research proposal. The largest 2025 grant funded 4.2M GPU-hours; the median was 65K. No co-authorship or editorial review by us.
Academic discount
60% off list price for credit-card or invoice purchases by labs at accredited institutions. Grant-friendly procurement: NSF, NIH, ERC, and direct PI procurement supported.
Eligibility
Who can apply.
Principal investigators
Faculty appointments at accredited universities and research institutions. Adjunct appointments count if the PI has IRB authority.
Postdocs with sponsorship
Postdocs apply with a faculty sponsor. The sponsor signs the procurement; the postdoc operates the cluster day-to-day.
PhD students with funding
PhD students with their own funded proposals (NSF GRFP, ERC starter, equivalent) can apply directly.
Terms
What we commit to.
Unrestricted publication
We do not review papers, do not edit findings, and do not ask for delays. The grant is unconditional on publishing wherever you want, when you want.
No co-authorship required
Researchers can credit iframe.ai's compute in acknowledgements. We will not take a co-author slot just for funding the GPUs.
Grant-friendly procurement
We support direct PI procurement and grant-mediated procurement at NSF, NIH, ERC, and DOE. Tax-exempt status processed through the standard form.
Real hardware, real time
Grant compute lives on the same B200 / H200 cluster customers run on. There is no internal-only tier. If your kernel runs on our cluster, it runs on theirs.
FAQ
Research grant questions.#
Apply with a two-page proposal.
research@iframe.ai for a quick conversation, or use the application form.