Anthropic Opens Call for Guest Investigators in Life Sciences
Anthropic is inviting life sciences researchers to apply for 8-12 week collaborations using Claude at no cost, with outputs to be published or open-sourced.
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What did Anthropic announce about guest investigators in the life sciences?
Anthropic is inviting principal investigators from academic, nonprofit, or government labs to apply for 8-12 week collaborations using Claude on problems in human biology, molecular biology, drug discovery, and clinical science, at no cost, with plans to publish or open-source resulting outputs.
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- Anthropic is inviting principal investigators and their research groups at academic institutions, nonprofits, or government labs to submit proposals for special projects using Claude.
- Anthropic says eligible topics include causal human biology, structural and computational molecular biology, medicinal chemistry, drug discovery, and clinical science.
- Selected guest investigators will work with Anthropic researchers for 8 to 12 weeks, with Anthropic running its models and harnesses at no cost to participants.
- Anthropic says it intends to work with investigators to publish outputs and open-source accompanying data and code, while investigators retain rights to their data and any follow-on research.
- Anthropic says applications will remain open for approximately 14 days, with selected participants notified by email roughly 14 days after applications close.
Anthropic has opened applications for a new program inviting life sciences researchers to collaborate directly with its research team using Claude.
The company says it is looking for proposals from principal investigators and their research groups at academic institutions, nonprofits, or government labs. Anthropic says it wants applicants working on questions in causal human biology, structural and computational molecular biology, medicinal chemistry, drug discovery, and clinical science.
How the program works
According to Anthropic, selected guest investigators will work directly with Anthropic researchers for 8 to 12 weeks on a problem of their choosing. Anthropic says its team will run its models and harnesses for these projects at no cost to participants, and that some projects may be eligible for an extension beyond the initial period.
Anthropic says the goal is to produce analyses, artifacts, and tools that are useful to the investigators' own work. The company says it plans to work with participants to publish these outputs and open-source the accompanying data and code.
Data rights and expectations
Anthropic says guest investigators retain rights to their data throughout the project, as well as rights to any independent follow-on research that emerges from the collaboration. The company says it is not asking applicants to hand over their data, either during the application process or the collaboration itself, and is requesting that application materials include only publicly available information.
Anthropic says it is looking for applicants who can explain how direct collaboration with its researchers would benefit their work, and who can make a reasonable case that their project could produce some output, such as preliminary discoveries, answers to open questions, open-source datasets, or public resources, within the 8- to 12-week window. The company acknowledges that fully validating results for most open scientific problems takes longer than that, and says it is looking instead for proposals that can generate preliminary evidence in that timeframe.
Application timeline
Anthropic says applications will be open for approximately 14 days, and that it will aim to notify selected participants by email about 14 days after applications close. Proposals can be submitted through a form linked in the announcement.
Part of a broader life sciences push
Anthropic describes this program as one of several initiatives it is pursuing to invest in the life sciences and the broader scientific research community. The company points to its Life Sciences Verification Program, which it says gives scientists direct access to its most capable publicly available models for biology, and its AI for Science initiative, which it says provides scientists with Claude credits to support scientific discovery work. Anthropic says it looks forward to potentially expanding the guest investigator effort in the future as it learns more about how to support the scientific community.
Source: Anthropic, "Open call for guest investigators in the life sciences," published Oct. 22, 2026.
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- Who can apply to Anthropic's guest investigator program?
- Anthropic says the program is open to principal investigators and their research groups at academic institutions, nonprofits, or government labs.
- What will guest investigators work on?
- Anthropic says participants will investigate questions in causal human biology, structural and computational molecular biology, medicinal chemistry, drug discovery, or clinical science using Claude.
- Do guest investigators have to share their data with Anthropic?
- No. Anthropic says it is not asking guest investigators to give up their data and is requesting that application materials include only publicly available information.
- How long do the collaborations last?
- Anthropic says collaborations run 8 to 12 weeks, with a possible extension for some projects.