Anthropic Expands AI for Science Program to Foundations and Research Institutions
Anthropic is giving free Claude credits to 20 scientific foundations, institutions, and research groups as part of an expanded AI for Science program.
Quick answer
Which organizations did Anthropic add to its AI for Science program and what does the expansion include?
Anthropic says it is partnering with 20 scientific foundations, institutions, and research groups, giving them free Claude credits through an expanded AI for Science program. Partners include the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Simons Foundation, Schmidt Sciences, the US National Science Foundation, Wellcome Sanger Institute, and six new research initiatives such as FlyWire and gnomAD.
Key takeaways
- Anthropic says it is expanding its AI for Science program by partnering with 20 scientific foundations, institutions, and research groups worldwide.
- The company states it will share Claude credits with six science funders and societies, including the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Simons Foundation, Schmidt Sciences, the Open Source for Science Fund, the US National Science Foundation, and CAS, for distribution to researchers.
- Anthropic says five research institutions, including the Space Telescope Science Institute, Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Francis Crick Institute, Imperial College London's Department of Life Sciences, EMBL, and Gladstone Institutes, will use Claude credits internally.
- Anthropic says it is also funding six specific research projects, including FlyWire, LEAP, AstroPath, gnomAD, Tau Ceti, and the Centre for Population Genomics.
- According to Anthropic, the AI for Science program launched in May 2025 and has previously supported hundreds of individual research projects across biology, medicine, physics, chemistry, climate science, and mathematics.
Anthropic announced an expansion of its AI for Science program, adding 20 scientific foundations, institutions, and research groups as partners who will receive free Claude credits, according to the company.
The program began in May 2025, Anthropic says, built on the idea that AI tools could speed up scientific progress by giving researchers more access to resources for their own work. The company states it has also launched a discounted Team plan for scientists and has supported hundreds of projects spanning biology, medicine, physics, chemistry, climate science, and mathematics.
Funders and societies
Anthropic says it will share Claude credits with six science funders and societies, which will in turn distribute the resources to researchers. These are the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Simons Foundation, Schmidt Sciences, the Open Source for Science Fund (a program of Renaissance Philanthropy), the US National Science Foundation, and CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society.
Research institutions
Five research institutions will use Claude credits directly within their organizations, Anthropic says: the Space Telescope Science Institute, which runs science operations for NASA's Hubble, James Webb, and Roman space telescopes; the Wellcome Sanger Institute, a genomics center; the Francis Crick Institute, a biomedical research institute in London; Imperial College London's Department of Life Sciences; EMBL, Europe's intergovernmental life science laboratory; and Gladstone Institutes, a biomedical research institute in San Francisco.
Research projects
Anthropic also says it is funding six specific research initiatives directly. These include FlyWire at Princeton University, which produced the first complete wiring map of an adult fruit fly's brain; LEAP at Columbia University, a National Science Foundation center combining machine learning with physics to improve climate models; AstroPath at Johns Hopkins University, which applies astronomical calibration methods to image tumors; gnomAD at the Broad Institute, a genomics database pooling DNA data from more than 800,000 people; Tau Ceti, a community project building a mathematics library in the Lean language; and the Centre for Population Genomics, a joint initiative of Australia's Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Murdoch Children's Research Institute.
Prior partnerships
Anthropic says it previously partnered with HHMI Janelia Research Campus to develop the Model Hardware Standard, a specification that lets AI agents operate lab instruments, which is currently in research preview. The company also says it supports the Allen Institute in building teams of AI agents to analyze large open datasets related to the brain, cells, and the immune system.
Public goods
Anthropic states that many of the newly funded projects are expected to produce public goods for the broader scientific community, including open datasets, open-source software, open standards, and shared libraries. The company says it looks forward to expanding the AI for Science program to more partners around the world.
Source: Anthropic, "AI for Science expands to foundations and institutions," published October 28, 2026.
Frequently asked questions
- What is Anthropic's AI for Science program?
- Anthropic describes it as an initiative, launched in May 2025, that gives free Claude credits to researchers working on high-impact scientific projects, aiming to increase access to AI tools for scientific work.
- Who are the new partners announced in this expansion?
- Anthropic names 20 partners across three categories: science funders and societies (such as the Simons Foundation and US National Science Foundation), research institutions (such as the Wellcome Sanger Institute and EMBL), and specific research projects (such as FlyWire and gnomAD).
- What kinds of research projects will receive support?
- Anthropic lists six funded projects spanning neuroscience (FlyWire), Earth system science (LEAP), cancer research (AstroPath), genomics (gnomAD), mathematics (Tau Ceti), and population genomics (Centre for Population Genomics).
- Has Anthropic partnered with scientific organizations before this announcement?
- Yes, Anthropic says it previously partnered with HHMI Janelia Research Campus to develop the Model Hardware Standard and has supported the Allen Institute in building AI agent teams to analyze research data.