# OpenAI offers US university labs up to 30 free seats with access to its GPT-Rosalind life-sciences model

Access to the model still requires trusted-access approval, and OpenAI says research data shared under the plan is not used for training by default.

- Published: 2026-10-19T06:14:35.233Z
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OpenAI introduced the Rosalind Academic Plan on October 15. Eligible academic labs get up to 30 seats on the Business Standard tier at no cost for 12 months, with access to GPT-Rosalind, its dedicated life-sciences model. AI ML Big Data des…

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