Over the past decade, Microsoft has partnered with the National Science Foundation (NSF) on three separate programs, first in 2010, and more recently through a commitment of $6M in cloud credits across two NSF supported data science programs – with the Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs and as part of the NSF BigData solicitation.
The engagement with NSF has helped Microsoft reach diverse research groups such as the Big Data Hubs1 that brings together communities of data scientists to spark and nurture collaborations between domain experts, researchers, communities, state partners, nonprofits, and industry.
Read about it in the Azure blog.