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Anthropic announces a call for applications for rare disease research grants under the AI for Science program, offering up to $50,000 in Claude credits over six months across two tracks: basic science and early-stage biotech partnerships, with the aim of building a community to explore AI's role in rare disease research and accelerate drug development and discovery of disease mechanisms.
Key points: - Two tracks: basic science (scaling partnerships with researchers, patient organizations, data scientists) and biotech (supporting early-stage biotechs to accelerate drug development). - Grants include up to $50,000 in Claude credits. - Partners include Monarch Initiative, using resources like Mondo Disease Ontology, Monarch Knowledge Graph, and DisMech. - Goal: build a community of researchers, improve AI modeling of rare diseases, and compress phases of drug development through documentation, therapeutic strategy selection, and basket trials.
Evidence excerpt: "Today, we are sharing a focused call for applications centered specifically on rare genetic diseases.
Accepted applicants will receive up to $50,000 in Claude credits over six months, with the goal of building a community of researchers looking into how AI can reshape our understanding of rare disease." (from the source text).
The source text does not specify a new model, product launch, or API release; it is a grant program announcement, so category is 'other'.
Models affected are Claude (the AI model) as mentioned in the credits and access.
No license, context window, or pricing is stated.
