Funder: Anthropic
Due Dates: Rolling (Standard program; monthly review) | August 2, 2026 (Rare disease thematic call, 11:59 PM PST)
Funding Amounts: Standard program: up to $20,000 in API credits over six months; rare disease call: up to $50,000 in Claude credits over six months
Summary: Free API credits support high-impact scientific research, especially biology and life sciences projects where AI can accelerate discovery.
Key Information: The standard program supports academic and nonprofit researchers affiliated with research institutions.
Description
Anthropic’s AI for Science Program provides free API credits to help researchers apply AI reasoning and language capabilities to high-impact scientific projects. It emphasizes biology and life sciences while welcoming work across natural sciences and mathematics. Supported fields include chemistry, medicine and healthcare, environmental science, physics, computer science, and earth sciences. The program aims to reduce the time and resources needed to analyze data, generate hypotheses, design experiments, and communicate findings.
Priority applications include understanding complex biological systems, analyzing genetic data, accelerating drug discovery for major global disease burdens, and increasing agricultural productivity. Anthropic also runs thematic calls within the broader program. Its rare genetic disease call supports basic science and early-stage biotech projects, with an emphasis on collaboration, discovering shared disease mechanisms, and accelerating therapeutic development.
