Anthropic AI for Science Program
Anthropic · LLM API credits
$20KUp to $20,000 in Claude API credits over 6 months
Claude API credits for researchers at academic and nonprofit institutions working on high-impact science, especially biology and life sciences.
Key terms
- Researchers at academic or nonprofit research institutions
- Judged on scientific merit, impact, feasibility and biosecurity screening
- API only (not Claude.ai); no non-public models or fine-tuning
- Unsuccessful applicants are not notified individually
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed, series-a, growth
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- No
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Eligible
- Nonprofits
- Eligible
Also required
- Focus on biology and life sciences
How to apply
Fill in the online form about your team and project; reviewed the first Monday of each month.
- Benefit
- credits
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- Monthly review
- Credit validity
- 6 months
- Deadline
- Rolling (monthly review)
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source