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Anthropic expands free Claude credits for science to foundations and institutes

Anthropic names 20 partners in its free Claude credits programme, among them the Sloan and Simons foundations and the US National Science Foundation, which will pass credits to researchers.

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A collage of science imagery: old microscope drawings of tissue, a researcher at a microscope, and a vintage observatory telescope against a star fieldImage: Anthropic
The image Anthropic placed on its 28 October 2026 AI for Science announcement. source · The company's own image of its product, used to report on it

Key points

  1. Anthropic says it is highlighting 20 foundations, institutions and research groups partnered in an expansion of AI for Science, its free Claude credits programme begun in May 2025.
  2. Funders including the Sloan and Simons foundations, Schmidt Sciences and the US National Science Foundation will distribute credits; institutions such as the Crick Institute and EMBL will use them in-house.
  3. Anthropic says it has launched a discounted Team plan for scientists, has supported hundreds of projects, and that many of these collaborations are still in their early stages.

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Anthropic said on 28 October 2026 that it is expanding its AI for Science programme, which gives free Claude credits to researchers on high-impact scientific projects, to partner with foundations, research institutions and research groups. The programme started in May 2025.

Anthropic says it has also launched a discounted Team plan for scientists and has supported hundreds of projects across biology, medicine, physics, chemistry, climate science and mathematics.

Funders and societies that will distribute Claude credits to researchers include the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Simons Foundation, Schmidt Sciences and the US National Science Foundation.

Institutions that will use credits inside their organisations include the Space Telescope Science Institute, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Francis Crick Institute, Imperial College London's Department of Life Sciences, EMBL and the Gladstone Institutes.

Credits also go directly to projects including FlyWire at Princeton, gnomAD at the Broad Institute and the Tau Ceti mathematics library. The post does not state the size of the credits or a total.

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Researchers should first check whether their funder or institution is on Anthropic's list, since several partners will distribute credits themselves rather than Anthropic. Anthropic says many collaborations are still early, and the claims we checked give no credit size or total, so terms may differ by partner. Ask your funder or research office what a credit covers and for how long before you build a project on it.

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1 AI for Science expands to foundations and research institutionsAnthropic · 28 Oct 2026 · 8 facts Open the source archived copy

  1. Anthropic published "AI for Science expands to foundations and research institutions" on 28 October 2026.

    AI for Science expands to foundations and research institutions. Published Oct 28, 2026
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  2. Anthropic says: "We’re highlighting 20 scientific foundations, institutions, and research groups from around the world that we’ve partnered with in an expansion of our AI for Science program, which gives free Claude credits to researchers working on high-impact scientific projects."

    We’re highlighting 20 scientific foundations, institutions, and research groups from around the world that we’ve partnered with in an expansion of our AI for Science program, which gives free Claude credits to researchers working on high-impact scientific projects.
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  3. Anthropic says: "We started the AI for Science program in May 2025".

    We started the AI for Science program in May 2025 with the belief that AI could significantly speed up scientific progress.
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  4. Anthropic says it has "launched our discounted Team plan for scientists and have supported hundreds of projects across biology, medicine, physics, chemistry, climate science, and mathematics."

    (Over the last few months, we’ve also launched our discounted Team plan for scientists and have supported hundreds of projects across biology, medicine, physics, chemistry, climate science, and mathematics.)
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  5. Anthropic says it is "sharing Claude credits with the following organizations, which will distribute these resources to ambitious researchers", and lists the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Simons Foundation, Schmidt Sciences, Open Source for Science Fund, the US National Science Foundation and CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society.

    We’re sharing Claude credits with the following organizations, which will distribute these resources to ambitious researchers aiming to use AI for scientific research: The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Simons Foundation. Schmidt Sciences. Open Source for Science Fund, a program of Renaissance Philanthropy. The US National Science Foundation. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society.
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  6. Anthropic lists as institutional partners that "will use Claude credits inside their organizations" the Space Telescope Science Institute, Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Francis Crick Institute, Imperial College London's Department of Life Sciences, EMBL and the Gladstone Institutes.

    These institutional partners will use Claude credits inside their organizations to enable scientific discovery: Space Telescope Science Institute. Wellcome Sanger Institute. The Francis Crick Institute. Imperial College London, Department of Life Sciences. EMBL. Gladstone Institutes.
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  7. Anthropic says it is providing Claude credits directly to new projects: FlyWire (Princeton University), LEAP (Columbia University), AstroPath (Johns Hopkins University), gnomAD (Broad Institute), Tau Ceti and the Centre for Population Genomics.

    providing Claude credits directly to specific research initiatives ... The new projects are: FlyWire, Princeton University (neuroscience). LEAP, Columbia University (Earth system). AstroPath, Johns Hopkins University (cancer research). gnomAD, Broad Institute (genomics and rare disease). Tau Ceti (mathematics). Centre for Population Genomics.
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  8. Anthropic says: "Many of these collaborations are still in their early stages".

    Many of these collaborations are still in their early stages, and we’re eager to see how they can support novel research and scientific discovery.
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