Microsoft Azure for Research Award Program - Climate Data Initiative

Requesting proposals from scientists and decision-makers for solutions that support the White House Climate Data Initiative’s goals of preparedness for and resilience to climate change impacts. Twelve months of free Microsoft Azure cloud-computing resources—including up to 180,000 hours of cloud-computing time and 20 terabytes of cloud storage—will go to 40 awardees.
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/azure/default.aspx#award-program