Access
12 months of complimentary dedicated workspace access for approved researchers.
Independent program guide · Source checked August 5, 2026
Plan a verified academic research workspace
Start with eligibility and institutional verification. Then define collaborators, research data, tools, connectors, reproducibility, and independent scientific review. Program access does not include API credits or validate a conclusion.
Program record
Approval is the first gate, not the research method
Team
One approved researcher plus up to four same-institution collaborators.
Surfaces
ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, Codex, expanded deep research, skills, and connectors.
Boundary
ChatGPT access, not OpenAI API credits; scientific claims require independent review.
Six decisions
Open the guide that owns the next question
Eligibility and application
Verify institution, role, research evidence, duration, and the API-credit boundary.
Institution collaboration
Define up to five verified researchers, roles, records, access, and review gates.
Privacy and research data
Map workspace, model, Codex, skill, connector, retention, and source-system controls.
Work and Codex workflows
Build a reviewable path from question and sources to code, replication, and communication.
Skills and connectors
Evaluate life science capabilities and connected research systems one permission at a time.
Research tool comparison
Choose among an academic program, scientist workbench, and enterprise R&D platform.
Academic research program questions
It is an OpenAI program offering eligible faculty and postdoctoral researchers at selected institutions 12 months of complimentary access to a dedicated research workspace across ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex.
OpenAI says an approved researcher may invite up to four verified collaborators from the same institution, for up to five researchers.
No. OpenAI's current help documentation says the program covers ChatGPT access, not OpenAI API credits.
No. This is an independent decision guide. Eligibility, approval, workspace access, product availability, and data terms come from OpenAI and the researcher's institution.
This independent page is not an OpenAI application, approval, workspace, API account, institutional authorization, or scientific validation. Verify current OpenAI and institutional requirements before use.