Anthropic opens call for life sciences guest investigators: free model access, open-source outputs
nc_frey · x · 2026-10-23
Anthropic announced an open call for guest investigators in life sciences. Over 8–12 weeks, selected PIs and their groups at academic institutions, nonprofits, or government labs will work directly with Anthropic researchers to produce analyses and tools, with models and harnesses run at no cost.
- Results, data, artifacts, and code will be open-sourced, with preprints written about findings
- Anthropic stresses humans remain at the center of scientific discovery, deciding what questions to pursue
- Target fields include causal human biology, structural and computational molecular biology, and medicinal chemistry
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