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University/Institution Name*

Website URL*

Dept/Lab Name*

Academic Role*

PI
Faculty
Researcher
Phd Student
Post Doc
IT/Admin
Other

Who will be using the infrastructure?*

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Have you used RunPod before?*

Yes, I’ve used RunPod for a project
No, this will be my first time

What type of GPU infrastructure provider do you primarily use today?*

Select all that apply.

Hyperscaler (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle)

NeoCloud (e.g. CoreWeave, Lambda Labs, FluidStack)

Serverless GPU Platform (e.g. Modal, Together AI, Replicate)

On-Premise

Other

How much do you expect your GPU usage to grow in 6–12 months?*

An estimate is totally fine — this helps us understand your future infrastructure needs.

~0% (staying about the same)
~1–50% increase
~51–100% increase
~2–3× increase

Preferred Infrastructure

Pods

Instant Clusters

Serverless

Bare Metal

Not sure yet

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Project or research area*

What do you want to deploy on RunPod?*

Tell us more about your workload, stack, and hardware requirements

Project start date*

16%

Do you have an academic grant or departmental funding in place?*

Yes
In progress
Not yet
Unsure

Are you interested in a block commitment aligned to your fiscal cycle?*

Do you require formal invoicing/billing?*

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Are you open to collaboration on content (e.g., blog features, case studies, or social media spotlights)?*

Yes, absolutely
Maybe in the future
No, thank you

What would you hope to get from the RunPod for Academic Research program?*

Cost savings + reduction of idle compute

Guaranteed SLAs around uptime

Fast access to GPUs

Reducing engineering overhead

Anything else we should know?

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