OpenAI plans to offer GPT-5.6 Sol Pro for free to 100,000 researchers.

According to Dynamics Beating monitoring, OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, with plans to provide access to state-of-the-art models and research tools to 100,000 researchers by 2027. The first 10,000 individuals will receive access this summer, with availability of GPT-5.6 Sol Pro, ChatGPT Work, and Codex.

Participants will also receive increased Deep Research credits, higher usage limits, and longer context. The platform features 75+ life sciences skills, integrates with paper repositories, public genomic databases, and computational notebooks.

This benefit is not available to all university personnel. Applicants must be affiliated with a research-focused university selected by OpenAI and verify their institutional affiliation, ongoing projects, and scientific intent. Once approved, they can invite up to 4 collaborators from the same institution, with data not used for training by default.