AI for Science
Anthropic's program giving researchers free Claude credits, expanded on Oct 28, 2026 to funders, institutes and research projects.
Overview
Anthropic's AI for Science program, launched in May 2025, provides free Claude credits to researchers on high-impact scientific projects. On October 28, 2026 Anthropic expanded it to foundations, institutions and research groups; the headline says 20 and the post lists 18, including the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Simons Foundation, Schmidt Sciences, the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Francis Crick Institute, EMBL, the Gladstone Institutes and projects such as FlyWire, gnomAD and AstroPath. The post also mentions a partnership with HHMI Janelia on the Model Hardware Standard, support for the Allen Institute and a discounted Team plan for scientists. Credit amounts per participant are not published.
This is a sourced directory entry. Features and capabilities are reported in the linked sources; this entry does not document independent Aymorphic testing.
Key features
- Free Claude credits for researchers on high-impact projects
- Six funders and societies, six institutions and six research projects named in the expansion
- HHMI Janelia partnership on the Model Hardware Standard
- Discounted Team plan for scientists
Use cases
- Research groups applying Claude to genomics, astronomy and neuroscience datasets
- Funders extending AI access to grantees
Pricing
Free Claude credits for accepted participants, amounts unpublished; discounted Team plan for scientists, price unknown.
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Dates and sources
- Released
- 28 Oct 2026
- Record updated
- 29 Oct 2026
- Record last checked
- 29 Oct 2026