Anthropic expands AI for Science to 20 foundations and institutions
READ THE ORIGINAL SOURCEOpen original sourcewww.anthropic.com · Opens in a new tabAnthropic expanded its AI for Science program, which gives free Claude credits to researchers, by partnering with 20 scientific foundations, institutions, and research groups. Funders and societies will distribute credits to researchers, institutions will use them internally, and specific projects in neuroscience, climate, cancer, genomics, and mathematics will receive credits directly. The program began in May 2025 and aims to increase researchers' access to AI tools. Many collaborations are described as early-stage.
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Anthropic expanded its AI for Science program, which gives free Claude credits to researchers, by partnering with 20 scientific foundations, institutions, and research groups. Funders and societies will distribute credits to researchers, institutions will use them internally, and specific projects in neuroscience, climate, cancer, genomics, and mathematics will receive credits directly. The program began in May 2025 and aims to increase researchers' access to AI tools. Many collaborations are described as early-stage.
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- Anthropic is partnering with 20 scientific foundations, institutions, and research groups in the AI for Science expansion.
- Funders and societies such as the Sloan Foundation, Simons Foundation, and US National Science Foundation will distribute Claude credits to researchers.
- Institutional partners include STScI, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Francis Crick Institute, EMBL, and Gladstone Institutes.
- The article states many projects are expected to produce public goods such as open datasets, open-source software, and shared libraries.
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Anthropic named 20 scientific foundations, institutions and research groups, including the Sloan and Simons Foundations, joining its AI for Science program, which gives free Claude credits to researchers. Funders will redistribute credits to projects; Anthropic also cites work with HHMI Janelia on a Model Hardware Standard for agents operating lab instruments.
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The expansion extends AI tool access beyond individual scientists to large funders and institutions, potentially reaching more researchers across fields and producing shared scientific resources.
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