Anthropic opens call for life sciences guest investigator projects
READ THE ORIGINAL SOURCEOpen original sourcewww.anthropic.com · Opens in a new tabAnthropic is inviting principal investigators and research groups at academic institutions, nonprofits, or government labs to propose 8–12 week special projects using Claude in life sciences areas such as causal human biology, molecular biology, medicinal chemistry, drug discovery, and clinical science. Anthropic researchers will work directly with selected guest investigators at no cost, with outputs published and open-sourced. Applicants keep rights to their data, and applications are open for about 14 days.
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Anthropic is inviting principal investigators and research groups at academic institutions, nonprofits, or government labs to propose 8–12 week special projects using Claude in life sciences areas such as causal human biology, molecular biology, medicinal chemistry, drug discovery, and clinical science. Anthropic researchers will work directly with selected guest investigators at no cost, with outputs published and open-sourced. Applicants keep rights to their data, and applications are open for about 14 days.
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- Selected guest investigators work directly with Anthropic researchers for 8–12 weeks, with models and harnesses provided at no cost.
- Outputs such as analyses, artifacts, and tools are to be published, with accompanying data and code open-sourced.
- Guest investigators retain rights to their data and to any independent follow-on research.
- Applicants must use only publicly available information and are not asked to provide their data.
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Anthropic (Oct 22, 2026) invites life-sciences PIs to work 8-12 weeks with its researchers, with Anthropic running its models and harnesses at no cost. Matters as a lab-run research access program; selection criteria and outputs are Anthropic's.
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The program offers free access to Claude and direct researcher collaboration for life sciences groups, and commits results to public release, potentially expanding scientific tooling for the research community.
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