Microsoft Research is soliciting proposals for the use of Windows Azure in research.
Winning proposals will be awarded large allocations of Windows Azure storage and compute resources for a period of one year.
Proposals will be evaluated and awards announced six times a year. The first deadline for proposals is October 15, 2013, and results will be announced within two weeks after that date. The next deadline is December 15, 2013, and on the fifteenth of every other month after that.
To apply visit http://www.windowsazurepass.com/research
More information: Full details of the Call for Proposal, Application form .