STRIDES: Building cloud-friendly biomedical data access for faster discoveries
Official title: STRIDES
Funded at Four Points Technology, LLC · NIH-11624815 · Data updated 2026-11-12
Ayo-strides is a partnership with cloud providers to make huge biomedical data sets easier to access and use, speeding up research for people who may benefit from new treatments.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Four Points Technology, LLC NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Chantilly, United States) |
| Project start | March 1, 2023 |
| Project end | February 28, 2033 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $22,371,620 |
| NIH project number | 3OT2OD027852-02SF |
| Project ID | NIH-11624815 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Not applicable to a specific patient population, but advances in biomedical research could lead to future patient-facing outcomes.
✕Less likely to help
Direct participation of individual patients is not described in this infrastructure grant.
What this research studies
This initiative partners with commercial cloud services to lower costs and technical barriers to using large biomedical data. It aims to make data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) so researchers can work more efficiently. The effort focuses on testing cloud storage and tools for NIH-funded datasets and helping the broader research community access advanced computational resources.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, patients may benefit from faster biomedical discoveries and new therapies made possible by easier data access and collaboration.
How similar studies have gone: Previous data-sharing and cloud-access initiatives have shown that streamlined data access can accelerate research, though the STRIDES program itself is a broad infrastructure effort.
Where this research is happening
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Four Points Technology, LLC
Chantilly, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Lipkin, Joel a — Four Points Technology, LLC
- Study coordinator: Lipkin, Joel a
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Improving access to large biomedical data sets through cloud partnerships
The STRIDES Initiative is working to make it easier for researchers to access and use large health data sets, which could lead to better treatments and outcomes for patients like you.
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Improving access to large biomedical data sets through cloud partnerships
The STRIDES Initiative is working to make it easier for researchers to access and use large amounts of health data in the cloud, which could lead to faster discoveries and better treatments for patients like you.
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Improving access to large biomedical data sets through cloud partnerships
The STRIDES Initiative is working to make it easier for researchers to access and share important health data using cloud technology, which could help speed up the discovery of new treatments and improve healthcare for patients like you.
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.