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Critical Assessment of protein Structure Prediction (CASP) — the competition to predict protein structure that helped fuel AlphaFold — will run out of funding from the NIH and UC Davis in a few weeks.

science.orgExclusive: Famed protein structure competition nears end as NIH grant money runs outAgency silent on funding renewal for contest that inspired creation of AIs that predicted how proteins would fold

3/7/25, 6:44 am21 reposts39 likes

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22 July 2025

Update: DeepMind will make a one-time gift to support CASP temporarily, for around 12 months.

statnews.comAlphaFold developer Google DeepMind to fund CASP as NIH funding falls shortProtein structure prediction contest CASP gets temporary funding from Google DeepMind as NIH grant runs out.