Accelerating scientific discovery with ChatGPT for Academic Researchers

We believe the benefits of frontier AI should not be concentrated in a few companies and well-resourced labs. Scientific progress depends on researchers asking the right questions, testing new ideas, and building on what others have discovered. Our role is to put powerful tools in their hands—and work alongside them to design models that accelerate their research while keeping them in control.

We’re introducing ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, a program that will give 100,000 researchers at selected academic institutions free access to our frontier models. The program will help researchers across the sciences, mathematics, and engineering take on advanced problems, accelerate discovery, and improve productivity, from preparing grant applications to testing hypotheses.

We’re starting with 10,000 researchers this summer, with access already available at institutions such as the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) and École normale supérieure (ENS). We plan to expand to 100,000 researchers through 2027. Participants will have access to our frontier models, including GPT‑5.6⁠ Sol Pro at launch, and can invite up to four collaborators from their institution. Workspaces include business-grade privacy and security protections, and data is not used to train our models by default. Researchers can use tools and skills to support work ranging from genomic analysis and protein modeling to literature reviews, grant writing, and publishing.

The program also includes training, hands-on support, and opportunities to learn from other researchers and share feedback with us.

For institutions with ChatGPT Edu, free access granted through this program will be coordinated through the institution's workspace. Learn more about ChatGPT Edu and how OpenAI supports higher education.

ChatGPT for Academic Researchers is part of a commitment of more than $250 million through 2027 to support external scientific research and discovery. That includes NextGenAI, our $50 million initiative supporting research institutions, and our work with the Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission⁠ to bring frontier AI to researchers at national laboratories and universities. Together, these efforts reflect our belief that scientific progress accelerates when more researchers have the tools to pursue their own ideas.

AI is becoming a more capable research tool faster than many expected. Each week, roughly 1.3 million people use ChatGPT for advanced science and mathematics, generating about 8.4 million messages.

The shift is especially visible in mathematics. In the past six months, AI has moved from occasional use on isolated problems to a more regular part of mathematical research. A growing number of papers now acknowledge ChatGPT’s contribution, reflecting how quickly researchers are adopting these tools in their work.

Researchers use ChatGPT and Codex across nearly every stage of scientific work. ChatGPT helps researchers interrogate ideas, acquire knowledge, generate hypotheses, and communicate their findings. Codex supports research execution and formal analysis, including writing code and analyzing results.

These patterns are showing up in research. Physicist Rogerio Jorge and his team are using AI to develop open-source fusion research software used by industry and national laboratories to design fusion energy devices. In theoretical computer science, researchers Barna Saha, Yinzhan Xu, and Christopher Ye used GPT‑5.5 Pro to develop a proof establishing new limits on how efficiently computers can solve high-dimensional geometry problems, then validated and refined the results themselves.

Researchers using these tools most intensively are also taking on more ambitious work. Those in the top 20% of AI usage within their field are almost twice as likely as their peers to ask AI to take on tasks estimated to require four hours or more: nearly 7% of their requests, compared with 3.5% among other researchers in the same field.

Our strategy is not to decide which scientific problems deserve attention or try to solve them all ourselves. It is to put capable tools in the hands of the research community and let researchers pursue the questions they know best.

Ka-qaybgalayaashu waxay marin bilaash ah u heli doonaan noocyadayada ugu casriyeysan ee ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work iyo Codex, oo ay ku jiraan qoyska noocyada GPT‑5.6⁠ marka la daahfuro. Waxay sidoo kale heli doonaan cilmi baarista qotada dheer oo la ballaariyey, xaddidaado adeegsi oo sarreeya, iyo shaashada macnaha guud oo ka waaweyn. Marka la isku daro, awoodahani waxay taageeraan caqliyeynta sayniska, fulinta wakiillada iyo habsocodyada cilmi-baarista ee maadooyin kala duwan.

GPT‑5.6 Terra wuxuu isu dheellitiraa awoodda iyo hufnaanta cilmi-baarista maalinlaha ah, GPT‑5.6 Luna wuxuu jawaabo degdeg ah ka bixiyaa hawlaha fudud, halka GPT‑5.6 Sol uu xalliyo dhibaatooyinka sayniska iyo xisaabta ee ugu adag. FrontierMath Tier 4, oo cabbira caqliyeynta xisaabeed ee heerka cilmi-baarista, GPT‑5.6 Sol wuxuu helay 83%, marka loo eego 72.5% ee GPT‑5.5. GeneBench Pro, oo qiimeeya falanqaynta xogta bayoolojiyeed ee adag iyo caqliyeynta sayniska, GPT‑5.6 Sol Pro wuxuu xalliyaa 31.5% hawlaha.

Cilmi-baarayaashu waxay adeegsan karaan in ka badan 75 xirfadood oo cilmiga nolosha ah⁠(ku furmaa daaqad cusub), kuwaas oo daboolaya hidde-sideyaasha, genomics-ka, isku-xigxigga, falanqaynta hal-unugga, qaabaynta borotiinka iyo daahfurka dawooyinka. Isku-xirayaashu waxay taageeraan cilmi-baarista maadooyin kala duwan, iyagoo marin u siinaya suugaanta sayniska, keydadka dadweynaha ee xogta hidde-sideyaasha iyo caafimaadka, sawirrada dayax-gacmeedka, buugaagta xisaabinta, madalaha xogta iyo maamulayaasha tixraacyada.

Codex wuxuu gacan ka geysan karaa qorista iyo saxidda koodhka, falanqaynta xog-ururinta, iyo dhisidda habsocodyo dib loo soo saari karo. ChatGPT Work wuxuu taageeri karaa mashaariicda muddada dheer sida helitaanka fursadaha maalgelinta, diyaarinta codsiyada deeqaha, dib-u-eegista suugaanta, diyaarinta qabyo-qoraallada iyo samaynta agab lagu gudbiyo natiijooyinka.

Cilmi-baarayaashu heerar kala duwan ayay ka bilaabi doonaan adeegsiga AI. Qaar ayaa laga yaabaa inay qalabkan adeegsanayaan markii ugu horreysay; qaar kalena waxay samayn karaan adeegsiyo horumarsan oo ku saabsan xirfadahooda.

Barnaamijku wuxuu bixin doonaa tababbar ku habboon heerarka waayo-aragnimo ee kala duwan, laga bilaabo bilowga iyo hagaajinta habsocodyada shaqada ilaa adeegsiyada cilmi-baarista horumarsan. Ka-qaybgalayaashu waxay heli doonaan khubaro aqoon u leh habsocodyada cilmi-baarista, oo ay ku jirto caawinta ku-darista qalabkan shaqadooda.

Markaan aragno waxa ay cilmi-baarayaashu daahfuraan, waxaan qorshaynaynaa inaan abuurno fursado badan oo ay ku wadaagaan habab wax-ku-ool ah, isku bartaan, kuna soo bandhigaan adeegsigooda maadooyin kala duwan. Ra’yi-celintoodu waxay naga caawin doontaa inaan fahanno meelaha noocyadayadu waxtarka leeyihiin, meelaha ay ku liitaan, iyo sida qiimahooda loogu kordhin karo bulshada cilmi-baarista.

Barnaamijka bilowga ah wuxuu u furan yahay cilmi-baarayaasha buuxiya shuruudaha ee jooga machadyada tacliinta ee la xushay. Machadyada u qalma⁠(ku furmaa daaqad cusub) waa inay noqdaan kulliyado ama jaamacado la aqoonsan yahay oo bixiya shahaadooyin, lehna heer sare oo hawlo cilmi-baaris ah.

Codsadayaashu waa inay xaqiijiyaan xiriirka ay la leeyihiin machadkooda, ayna bixiyaan macluumaad ku saabsan cilmi-baaristooda socota iyo adeegsiga sayniska ee ay qorsheeyeen. Cilmi-baarayaasha la ansixiyey waxay casuumi karaan ilaa afar qof oo ay isla machad ka wada shaqeeyaan. Qof kasta oo lala shaqeeyo waa inuu sidoo kale xaqiijiyaa xiriirka uu la leeyahay machadka, waxaana lagu darayaa tirada guud ee akoonnada barnaamijka.

Codsiyadu maanta ayay furmeen. Waxaad dib u eegi kartaa shuruudaha u-qalmitaanka, kana codsan kartaa halkan⁠(ku furmaa daaqad cusub).