Academic Program - Proxylity UDP Gateway

Who the Program Covers

The Academic & Non-Profit Program is open to three groups. Each has its own tier so the program fits<br>the way you actually work.

Students

Individual Students

Enrolled in an accredited college, university, or technical program. Provides renewable access to<br>UDP Gateway for coursework, capstone projects, research, or personal learning.

Instructors

Instructors & Researchers

Teaching courses or conducting academic research that involves network protocols, distributed<br>systems, IoT, or cloud architecture. Includes renewable packet allowance to support entire class cohorts.

Non-Profits

Non-Profit Organizations

Registered 501(c)(3) organizations (or equivalent outside the US) whose mission benefits a constructive public<br>cause. Approved non-profits receive renewable credits for qualifying workloads.

What's Included

Program participants get the same UDP Gateway that commercial customers run in production — not a<br>stripped-down learning environment.

Benefit<br>Student<br>Instructor<br>Non-Profit

Monthly packet allowance*<br>✓ (per project/course)<br>✓ (per workload)

Active Listeners<br>✓ (per project/student)<br>✓ (per workload)

All 14+ AWS integrations

WireGuard encryption

CloudFormation & IaC support

Multi-region deployment

CloudWatch metrics & logs

Email support

Curriculum consultation

Program duration<br>12 months (renewable)<br>Per semester or year<br>Annual, ongoing

Packet allowances reset each calendar month. Usage beyond the included allowance is paused rather than<br>billed — you won't receive a surprise charge. Note that your own AWS account will still incur standard<br>AWS service charges for Lambda invocations, SQS requests, and other destination services you use.

What You Can Build

UDP Gateway is a production tool, so the projects you build with it are real — deployable, demonstrable,<br>and portfolio-worthy.

Networking Courses

Teach or study how UDP works in detail and at scale. Build custom protocols, actual SYSLOG collectors, DNS stubs, NTP servers,<br>and RADIUS backends — not toy simulations.

Cloud Architecture Research

Experiment with serverless event-driven pipelines. Benchmark latency, test multi-region failover,<br>or analyze packet batching under different load profiles.

Capstone & Thesis Work

Deploy and measure a real distributed system for academic research. Produce results that reflect<br>production behavior, not sandbox limitations.

IoT & Sensor Projects

Ingest telemetry from physical or simulated devices into Lambda, Kinesis, or DynamoDB. A natural<br>fit for embedded systems and mechatronics programs.

Game Backend Prototypes

Build low-latency multiplayer backends using the same architecture professional studios use.<br>Scale to zero between sessions — no idle server costs.

Non-Profit Data Collection

Stream field data from remote sensors or field devices into AWS for analysis and reporting,<br>without the overhead of managing infrastructure.

Eligibility & How to Apply

Students

Enrolled at an accredited college, university, or vocational program

Use is for coursework, academic projects, or self-directed learning

Valid institutional email address (.edu or equivalent)

Workloads must be non-commercial in nature

Instructors & Researchers

Faculty, lecturer, or researcher at an accredited institution

Using UDP Gateway in a course, lab, or published research

Brief description of the course or research area

Institutional affiliation verifiable by email or webpage

Non-Profit Organizations

Registered 501(c)(3) status (US) or equivalent in your country

Mission serves a public benefit or charitable cause

Organization name, EIN (or equivalent), and website

Brief description of the intended use case

Workloads must support the stated mission, not commercial activity

What to expect after applying

We review applications within 3 to 5 business days

Approved participants receive a fee waiver code and setup instructions

You subscribe through AWS Marketplace as normal — the waiver covers Proxylity's charges

Renewal is straightforward: we'll reach out before your term ends

For Instructors: Integrating UDP Gateway Into a Course

UDP Gateway works well in courses covering networking basics, protocol design, distributed systems, cloud computing, IoT, and<br>real-time systems. Because it's deployed via CloudFormation into students' own AWS accounts, it fits<br>naturally alongside AWS Educate, AWS Academy, and similar academic cloud programs.

Suggested course integrations include: an IoT project where sensors stream telemetry through Kinesis into DynamoDB<br>and Bedrock for analysis; a networking lab where students build and instrument a real<br>syslog pipeline; or, a cloud architecture assignment comparing serverless UDP to a traditional server-based<br>approach.

We're happy to consult on curriculum design, provide guest lecture materials, or review your<br>templates for students before the semester starts. Mention this in your application and we'll follow<br>up.

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