Anthropic expands Claude-credit program to research institutions and science funders

Anthropic is expanding its AI for Science program, offering Claude credits through scientific foundations, research institutions and individual projects. The company says the credits are intended to help researchers use AI in work across fields including biology, medicine, physics, chemistry, climate science and mathematics.

The announcement marks a shift from the program’s initial focus on individual scientists toward partnerships with organizations that can distribute resources across research communities. Anthropic says the new partners include funders such as the US National Science Foundation, the Sloan and Simons foundations, and the Open Source for Science Fund, as well as research institutions including the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Francis Crick Institute and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory.

The company is also providing credits directly to specific initiatives. Those include FlyWire, a Princeton University neuroscience project that maps neural connections; LEAP, an NSF center combining machine learning and physics to improve climate models; and gnomAD, a Broad Institute database of human genetic variation used in rare-disease research. Other supported projects cover tumor imaging, mathematical proofs and genomic representation in Australia.

Anthropic says scientists have used Claude to generate hypotheses, design experiments, analyze complex data and communicate findings. It also points to a collaboration with the Allen Institute, where teams are building AI agents to analyze scientific datasets, and to work with HHMI Janelia Research Campus on a shared standard for agents to operate laboratory instruments safely. The instrument standard remains in research preview; the company describes the Allen Institute effort as under development, not as a completed demonstration of faster research.

The announcement does not provide a funding total, a breakdown of credits by partner or results from the newly supported projects. Anthropic says many collaborations are in their early stages and frames open datasets, software, standards and shared libraries as potential public benefits. The expansion broadens access to the company’s tools, while its scientific impact remains to be established.