Up to $1,000 Free Google Cloud Credits for PhD Students

Up to $1,000 cloud credits
Eligible PhD students conducting academic research can apply for up to $1,000 in Google Cloud credits per year.
The funding can support research workloads such as data processing, experiments, simulations and machine learning.
PhD students may apply once per year, with awards subject to Google's approval.
Master's students are not eligible for this research credits program.
What Happens After the Deal
Students can apply again in a later year if they remain eligible, but additional funding is not guaranteed.
How to Claim this Deal

1. Open the Google Cloud Research Credits application (edu.google.com).
2. Select your PhD student status and eligible academic institution.
3. Prepare your research proposal and use the pricing calculator (cloud.google.com) to estimate costs.
4. Provide your Google Cloud billing account ID and submit the application.
5. Follow the activation instructions if your application is approved.

Key Benefits

• Up to $1,000 in research cloud credits.
• Valid for up to one year.
• Supports compute, storage and data-analysis workloads.
• PhD students can apply once per year.

• Available to eligible PhD researchers in India and other supported countries.
• No credit card required
• Must be a PhD student conducting academic research.
• Must be affiliated with an eligible accredited institution in a supported country.
• Must submit a research proposal and expected cloud costs.
• Must have a Google Cloud billing account.
• Master's students and other non-PhD graduate students are not eligible.
• One applicant per research proposal.
• Credits must be used for approved academic research, not personal or commercial projects.

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Credits expire after 365 days or when exhausted.