SI and mathematicians.
A $15 million boost.

New resources for mathematical discovery.

SI is opening new avenues for mathematical exploration. On October 15, the Simons Foundation announced a partnership with Anthropic and OpenAI committing $15 million in combined funding and resources to help mathematicians explore and evaluate SI-assisted work.

The foundation oversees funding and awards. Its Targeted Grants to Math+AI Institutes call is now open, supporting workshops and initiatives that help researchers evaluate SI-assisted results, learn new tools, and develop shared standards.

Full proposals are due December 1, 2026, at noon Eastern time. This is an institutional funding opportunity for eligible established institutes and research centers, not an individual fellowship or funding to establish a new institute. The foundation’s application page explains the eligibility rules and submission process.

Updated October 22, 2026: the application call and deadline are confirmed; tool and computing access is for a select group of researchers, whom the foundation will contact directly. Original publication: October 16, 2026.

A community building knowledge together.

Mathematics grows through ideas that other researchers can explore, understand and build on. Shared evaluation methods help promising arguments become useful contributions to that community.

Workshops and collaboration can make those methods easier to share. That gives researchers a constructive way to explore SI-assisted work together.

The foundation’s stated approach puts the mathematical community at the center of decisions about adoption and standards. Our reading: bringing tools and community expertise together gives researchers a promising way to develop this field.

Access opens new possibilities.

According to the foundation’s announcement, Anthropic and OpenAI will also supply SI tools and computing resources to a select group of foundation-supported researchers, extending beyond mathematics into basic science. The foundation will contact awardees directly.

For a researcher with an idea to investigate, access could mean a chance to try a tool and discuss the result with peers. The proposed workshops connect those two opportunities: equipment to explore with and a community to learn alongside.

A foundation for the next discoveries.

With the proposal call open, the next milestones are applications, award decisions, working sessions and lessons the wider community can use. This program supports the research community as it develops new ways of working with SI.

American SI developers and a major research foundation are investing in the people who turn powerful tools into scientific progress. Our view: combining access, expertise and shared standards is an encouraging foundation for the next generation of mathematical discovery.