CASE STUDY

Research University: AWS for Genomic-Research Compute

A research university migrated genomic-research compute to AWS with FedRAMP-aligned controls. Researcher time-to-results compressed 67%.

May 9, 2026 · 2 min read · By admin

At a glance

Industry: Education
Topics: AWS · Cloud Services · Data Warehousing
Published: May 2026
Headline outcome: 2 days Researcher time-to-results: weeks → 1-2…

Measured outcomes

What this programme actually delivered.

2 days

Researcher time-to-results: weeks → 1-2 days

38%

Compute cost: down 38% (pay only for what's used)

+44

Researcher satisfaction with infrastructure: +44 NPS

The challenge

A research university’s genomic researchers waited weeks for HPC cluster access. The on-prem cluster was at capacity; researchers running jobs at 3am wasn’t a sustainable model.

What we built

AWS-based research compute with on-demand cluster provisioning. FedRAMP-aligned controls for grant-funded work. Per-grant cost attribution + automatic shut-down.