Chalk for Researchers
Run next-gen AI projects and get from hypothesis to results faster. Chalk for Researchers gives academic labs and research teams access to GPU capacity and a complete environment for experiments on real-world data.
What academics and research teams get
Compute, tooling, and amplification for research, in one program built around helping you solve ambitious problems.
GPU capacity when you need it
Run inference and experiment workloads on GPUs, without waiting in a queue. Chalk gets you access free.
A complete research environment
Full access to Chalk Sandboxes, Model Gateway, Traces and Evaluations, Notebooks, and the MCP Gateway.
Visibility for your work
When you publish a paper, release a dataset, or host an event, we help share it with the wider AI community.
Who can apply
- You're an academic, lab, or part of a research program pushing AI and ML forward.
- Your experiments need GPU compute and fresh, real-world data.
- You need a secure way to connect academic, institutional, or sensitive data sources to your models and agents.
Not sure you're a fit? Tell us about your work and we'll figure it out together.
How it works
Tell us about your work.
Share your program, the courses or labs you’re supporting, and the kind of projects you and your team of students or researchers are working on.
Scoping call.
We work through your use case, compute needs, and workloads, and map out where Chalk can help.
Launch and publish.
We provide the resources and infrastructure you need for free, so you can start your project and publish results fast.
Built for next-gen AI research
Chalk for Researchers is designed to meet you where you are, from early-stage projects to institution-wide programs. Fine-tune models, run evaluations, or build agents in one place.
What researchers build on Chalk
FAQ
Ready to talk about Chalk for Researchers?
Share your research and goals. We’ll follow up to talk through how Chalk can support your work.