Wind River Certified and Self-Validated Technologies
Ready for Wind River Program
The Ready for Wind River© Program enables hardware, software, and hardware component vendors to ensure compatibility and establish dupport for their products with Wind River Studio Cloud platform.
Vendors can elect to self-validate or certify solutions using the same set of tests provided by Wind River. Self-validation is performed by the vendor and is typically done when preparing for commercial opportunities. Certification is performed by Wind River in our labs. Only certified hosts will be elegibe for 24/7 support.
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Wind River University Program
Supporting Pioneering Research and Teaching Courses
The Wind River® University Program allows faculty and students at colleges and universities to use state-of-the-art operating systems, platforms, middleware, and development tools to enrich their research efforts and teaching courses to foster advances in embedded technologies and intelligent edge systems.
How the Program Works
Donated licenses are for nonprofit educational use by full-time students and professors and may be used for the following:
- Courses that teach embedded systems and IoT concepts
- Graduate and undergraduate projects for engineering and non-engineering courses
- Academic research activities with publicly available results
- Graduate student theses
Guest Speakers
In addition to donating products, Wind River offers to provide an expert to lead an instructional class about the technology related to your project.
Applying to the University Program
To apply for Wind River product donations to your academic program, please complete the application and email it to university@windriver.com.*
Teaching or Research Application
Export Compliance
For both teaching and research programs, any applicant from countries not exempt from export screening controls** must fill out an Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative (EPCI) form. Please learn more about our export compliance requirements.
* Applications must be signed by an authorized representative of the academic institution.
** Countries exempt from EPCI screening: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.
The World’s Leading Colleges, Universities, and Academic Institutions Partner with Wind River
Frequently Asked Questions
Applicants for the University Program must submit a University Grant Application. If approved, a University Partner Agreement will be completed by Wind River and provided to the University for signature. The Wind River University Program is available to a limited number of participants, and not all applications will be approved. A faculty member of an accredited university must submit and sign the application form. Instructions and application form can be found above.
Universities will receive the most current versions of VxWorks®, Wind River Linux, or Wind River Diab Compiler. Product selection can be found in the University Grant Application.
Included with the software grant is 90 days of online support.
For assistance, please contact us at:
Included with the software grant is 90 days of online support.
For assistance, please contact us at:
- Sales Inquiries
Toll-free: 800-545-WIND (800-545-9463)
Send us a request for more information. - Sales Inquiries EMEA
Toll-free: 800-4988-4988
Yes, product upgrades will be provided as they become available for no charge.
Universities in the Americas, Europe, and Japan will receive floating licenses. Universities in Asia will receive node-locked licenses.
Universities may use the software for up to three years after approvals have been granted and the University Agreement has been signed. The time period is selected on the Grant Application. Upon expiration, a new application must be submitted to continue using Wind River software.
Onsite training and Wind River Professional Services (consulting), which can be purchased separately.
Wind River may publicize a university’s participation and the results.