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Google Cloud Research Innovators

Join a global community of researchers driving scientific breakthroughs. Apply now to become a Research Innovator and collaborate with peers across various scientific domains to fuel innovation. Learn more.
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Program overview

Successful applicants to the Research Innovators program get access to Google experts, technical resources, additional Google Cloud credits, speaking opportunities, training and support from mentors. Learn more about our expanded programs and solutions available to researchers in our recent blog.
Expand your network and exposure
Meet potential collaborators, receive 1:1 technical support, get invitations to speak at technical conferences, receive letters of support, and have your work highlighted and amplified.
Access professional development
Take part in special training days at events like Google I/O, NEXT, and Cloud Summits, attend monthly office hours, and receive additional Google Cloud academic research credits.
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Gain early access to new product features, attend Google Cloud events and summits, receive support from Google developers, get program swag, and earn an expert badge.

2022 Research Innovators
Abhishek Dubey
Vanderbilt University
Adam Perzynski
CWRU and MetroHealth
Alona Fyshe
University of Alberta
Amiyal Ilany
Bar Ilan University
Anand A Joshi
University of Southern California
Anshul Jindal
Technical University of Munich
April Khademi
Ryerson University
Axel Bruns
Queensland University of Technology
Benjamin L Deck
Drexel University
Binod Bhattarai
University College London
Bo Zhou
UCLA
Bryan Joseph Neth
Mayo Clinic (Rochester)
Christopher Nguan
University of British Columbia
Edmon Begoli
The University of Tennessee
Eduardo Blanco
Arizona State University
Farnoush Banaei-Kashani
University of Colorado Denver
Fei Chiang
McMaster University
Francisco Martin-Martinez
Swansea University
Gianluca Demartini
The University of Queensland, Australia
Henry Houskeeper
University of California Los Angeles
Hsing-Yin (Iris) Chang
Stanford / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Hu Li
Mayo Clinic
Huw Richards
University of Waikato
Ignacio Carlucho
University of Edinburgh
Jake Emerson
The Jackson Laboratory
James Brinkhoff
University of New England
Jee Choi
University of Oregon
Jeremy Goecks
Oregon Health & Science University
Jian Zhao
University of Waterloo
Jitendra Jonnagaddala
UNSW Sydney
Jonghyun Lee
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Kyung Hyun Sung
University of California, Los Angeles
Li Shen
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Marieke van Buchem
Leiden University Medical Center
Martha White
University of Alberta
Maurice Gregory Tweedie
University of Calgary
Mohammad Shahrad
The University of British Columbia (UBC)
Morteza Zihayat Kermani
Ryerson University
Muhammad Abdul-Mageed
The University of British Columbia
Neo Christopher Chung
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); University of Warsaw (UW)
Paolo Ferragina
University of Pisa
Paul Liu
Stanford
R. Michael Alvarez
California Institute of Technology
Rahul Yedida
North Carolina State University
Richard Fernandes
Government of Canada
Ricky R Savjani
UCLA
Sam Maglio
University of Toronto
Santos Fernandez Noguerol
Technological University Dublin
Shahab Asoodeh
McMaster University
Shih-Kang Chao
University of Missouri-Columbia
Siru Liu
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Stefano Zanero
Politecnico di Milano
Susan Alexander
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Thea Sommerschield
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Tian Guo
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Vijay Ramdin Singh
University of Illinois at Chicago
Xiaoxiao Li
University of British Columbia
Yang Song
University Of New South Wales
Yuhong He
University of Toronto
Zhong Wang
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

More Information

Learn more about the requirements for the Research Innovators program.

You must be a researcher at a government lab, academic institution or non-profit spending at least 40% of your time in a professional research capacity to be eligible. This includes university faculty, PhD candidates, postdoctoral research, pr PI/research lead roles in approved countries.

Ahmed Elnaggar, Technical University of Munich

Amirtanshu Pandey, Carnegie Mellon University

Ana Klimovic, ETH Zurich

Anshul Kundaje, Stanford University

Arianna S. Abundo, Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health

Ariel Rokem, University of Washington

Aswati Vipin, National Neuroscience Institute

Atray Dixit, Coral Genomics, Inc.

Benedikt Riedel, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bilal Gonen, University of Cincinnati

Christoph Gorgulla, Harvard University

Dinesh Visva Gunasekeran

Elinor R. Schoenfeld, Stony Brook University

Erin Trochim, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Forrest Collman, Allen Institute for Brain Science

Greg Szeto, Allen Institute for Immunology

Hamid Eghbal-zadeh, Johannes Kepler University

Heidi Hendrickson, Lafayette College

Hyeonsu Kang, Carnegie Mellon University

Jim Pfaendtner, University of Washington

Juan Jenny Li, Kean University

Libusha Kelly, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Mandisa Washington, CUNY Brooklyn College

Matteo Chinazzi, Northeastern University

Mohammad Soltanieh-ha, Boston University

Ngiam Kee Yuan, National University Health System

Philip Awadalla, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

Rose Yu, University of California, San Diego

Sabilah Eboo Alwani, University of Cambridge

Salvador Dura-Bernal, SUNY Downstate

Tapio Schneider, Caltech

Teodora Szasz, University of Chicago

Valentin Danchev, University of Essex

Disclaimer for government officials: Google is pleased to provide educational institutions whose members participate in the Research Innovators program with attendance at related events and things of value at no cost where appropriate under applicable laws. Google may be required to report things of value provided to government officials, seek approval from your institution, or invoice you to avoid making an impermissible gift. Please contact us-gov-ethics@google.com if you have any questions, or if you’d like to reimburse Google for anything provided.

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