Anthropic opens call for life sciences guest investigator projects

Anthropic is inviting principal investigators and research groups at academic institutions, nonprofits, or government labs to propose 8–12 week special projects using Claude in life sciences areas such as causal human biology, molecular biology, medicinal chemistry, drug discovery, and clinical science. Anthropic researchers will work directly with selected guest investigators at no cost, with outputs published and open-sourced. Applicants keep rights to their data, and applications are open for about 14 days.

Key takeaways

• Selected guest investigators work directly with Anthropic researchers for 8–12 weeks, with models and harnesses provided at no cost.
• Outputs such as analyses, artifacts, and tools are to be published, with accompanying data and code open-sourced.
• Guest investigators retain rights to their data and to any independent follow-on research.
• Applicants must use only publicly available information and are not asked to provide their data.

Why it matters

The program offers free access to Claude and direct researcher collaboration for life sciences groups, and commits results to public release, potentially expanding scientific tooling for the research community.

Read with care

Source claims not independently checked; the program is described as a one-time open call and may be expanded or changed later, and selection criteria beyond the stated requirements are not specified.