Apply to the Academic Program
Qualified students, educators, and researchers are eligible for discounted access to the Label Studio cloud platform at $295/month for an unlimited number of users and annotations. If budget is not available, educators and students may apply for full sponsorship (free use) of the cloud service.
How do I qualify?
- All users must be students, employees, or contractors of an accredited educational institution, using Label Studio for teaching or student research purposes. Applications must be submitted with a University-issued email address.
- Industry or government-funded research conducted at Universities and University-associated hospital networks do not qualify for this program, instead contact academic@humansignal.com to discuss your use case.
- Participants agree to cite Label Studio in any published research that uses work derived from the Academic Program, as well as complete a short survey about their experience with the platform.
- To be considered for the academic discount or full sponsorship, please provide as much information about your project as possible in the online application.
How do I get started?
- Fill out the Academic Program application and note whether you can proceed with the academic discount or require full sponsorship.
- A representative from HumanSignal will review your application within 5 business days, or follow up if we have any additional questions.
- Once approved, you will receive an email with instructions to activate your academic license and access the cloud platform.
- If you have any questions, please contact academic@humansignal.com.
What’s the difference between open source and the academic cloud service?
The Label Studio Starter Cloud service includes everything in the open source edition, plus:
- SaaS application architected for data privacy (no need to deploy software, manage infrastructure, or upgrades)
- User management & role-based access control for admins, managers, reviewers and annotators
- Team collaboration features including automated task distribution, commenting, & reviews workflow
- Dedicated support portal
