Anthropic expands AI for Science program to 20 research partners

The company is now routing free Claude credits through foundations, institutions and named research projects instead of only individual scientists Anthropic is giving its scientific outreach a new delivery system. The company has named 20 scientific foundations, institutions and research groups as partners in an expanded version of its AI for Science program. The premise hasn’t changed: free Claude credits for researchers working on high-impact science. The difference is who hands them out. From individual grants to institutional pipes When the program launched in May 2025, it was built around individual researchers. Scientists applied, and qualifying projects received free access to Claude through the API. The partnerships fall into three groups. Six organizations act as funders and scientific societies, passing Claude credits along to the researchers they already support. Among the names in that funder category are the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the US National Science Foundation. A second group of six institutions will use the credits internally for their own research. That list includes the Space Telescope Science Institute and Imperial College London. The third group is th...