# OpenAI offers U.S. university labs up to 30 free GPT-Rosalind seats for a year, subject to trusted-access review

The academic plan expands OpenAI's life-sciences model into university labs, while Meta's open SAM 3 and DINOv3 models already run a Department of Energy imaging pipeline that cut one analysis from a month to about 15 minutes.

- Published: 2026-10-17T06:12:13.157Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-10-17/openai-offers-u-s-university-labs-up-to-30-free-gpt-rosalind
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- Sources: [OpenAI News](https://openai.com/index/introducing-the-rosalind-academic-plan), [Crypto Briefing](https://cryptobriefing.com/openai-gpt-rosalind-academic-research-plan/), [Meta AI](https://ai.meta.com/blog/genesis-mission-lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory-segment-anything-dino/), [AI Weekly](https://aiweekly.co/alerts/metas-sam-3-and-dinov3-power-doe-genesis-mission-pipeline)

OpenAI introduced the Rosalind Academic Plan on October 15. Eligible academic labs can receive up to 30 Business Standard seats at no cost for up to 12 months. Access to GPT-Rosalind, OpenAI's dedicated life-sciences model, still requires t…

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