Research Gateway is a cloud-native platform purpose-built to empower research institutions, healthcare organizations, and scientific communities with simplified access to high-performance computing (HPC), AI/ML environments, and data science resources on Microsoft Azure. It provides a self-service portal that enables researchers to launch pre-configured, compliant virtual environments without needing deep cloud or DevOps expertise.

With end-to-end support for governance, security, cost control, and team collaboration, Research Gateway allows researchers to focus on innovation—while ensuring IT and compliance teams retain full oversight.

Key Capabilities Included in this Plan:

• HPC, AI/ML & Data Science VMs: Seamlessly deploy compute-intensive workloads using Azure’s HPC infrastructure, NVIDIA GPU-powered VMs, and prebuilt Data Science Virtual Machines with popular ML frameworks and tools.
• Research-Focused Templates: Launch pre-configured environments for genomics, medical imaging, AI model training, scientific simulations, and more.
• Integrated Data Science Tools: Access to Jupyter, RStudio, Python, VS Code, and other open-source tools for collaborative research.
• Governance & Cost Control: Track usage by project, enforce budgets, and optimize spend with built-in controls and automated shutdowns.
• Compliance Ready: Architected to support NIST 800-53 and HIPAA security and privacy requirements, ensuring your research data meets federal and healthcare compliance standards.