HOSTKEY GPU Grant for Scientific Projects

Overview

HOSTKEY, a Netherlands-based bare-metal and GPU hosting provider, runs a recurring GPU Grant Program. The page states the objective is "to support basic scientific research and prospective start-ups", and HOSTKEY currently lists its status as "receiving applications".

What You Get

• A free dedicated GPU server for the duration of the declared project. HOSTKEY states "HOSTKEY will provide the winners with computing power for the implementation of the work declared in the tender application".
• HOSTKEY does not publish a fixed grant configuration on the grant page; hardware is matched to the compute requirements justified in the proposal. Its GPU catalog includes NVIDIA Tesla A100 80GB, H100, RTX 5090 and RTX PRO 6000 servers.
• Grants are awarded by a panel of experts, and "the number of grants is limited".

Eligibility

• "Applicants must be full-time faculty or research fellows at a recognized academic institution."
• "Applicants must be the Principal Investigator in the given project."
• Work must involve large dataset processing, AI, machine learning, big data, rendering or comparable compute-heavy fields.
• "Applicants may only submit one application per round for one GPU grant."
• A separate track exists for data science competition winners from platforms such as Kaggle, DrivenData, ZINDI and IDAO.

Proposal Requirements

• A proposal of "1-2 pages, no more than 1 500 words" covering the research area, prior work, expected outcomes, timeline and a justification of the requested computing power.
• A CV of the applicant.
• "Links to publications about the project (if any)."
• Letters of recommendation may be requested during evaluation.
• Winners must "Submit a follow-up report on the research" and "post a link to HOSTKEY in publications".

How to Get Started

Apply through the link on the grant page. HOSTKEY does not publish an application deadline or a review turnaround time.