FederalOpenFixed dateOffice of Science

The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI

Award ceiling
$500,000 – $16,000,000
Closes
Dec 17, 2026
Last verified
2026-10-27

Awards $500,000 – $16,000,000 per recipient for unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "additional information on eligibility", closing Dec 17, 2026.

In one sentence

The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI awards $500,000 – $16,000,000 per recipient, open to unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "additional information on eligibility", closing Dec 17, 2026.

Record fields
Program pool (total)
$293,760,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$16,000,000
Award floor
$500,000
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Dec 17, 2026
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Mar 17, 2026
Status
Open
Eligible entities
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
Yes
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
artificial intelligence (AI) models and frameworks · scientific discovery and research and development (R&D) workflows
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$293,760,000
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$16,000,000

Who can apply?

level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
Open to any applicant
Source field: entity types
industry
use
artificial intelligence (AI) models and frameworks, scientific discovery and research and development (R&D) workflows
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Not confirmed

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Dec 17, 202651 daysDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

2 categorys
The source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
artificial intelligence (AI) models and frameworksscientific discovery and research and development (R&D) workflows

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

1 field
Effort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
Yes

Who has received this funding?

7471 awards
Awards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.

7471 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.

RecipientStateAmountFiscal year
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$164,0002025
LAMAR UNIVERSITYNot stated$163,4652023
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$163,3562020
WYONICS LLCNot stated$163,3522025
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$162,8952023
EAST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYNot stated$162,4642013
ADVANCED POWDER SOLUTIONS INCNot stated$162,0002019
RESONON, INC.Not stated$161,9082023
STEM RESOURCES LLCNot stated$161,8662023
OCEAN RENEWABLE POWER CO INCNot stated$160,3162021
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$160,0002023
RADIABEAM TECHNOLOGIES, LLCNot stated$160,0002022
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$160,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMANot stated$160,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$160,0002024
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$159,0002020
NALU SCIENTIFIC, LLCNot stated$158,8652025
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$158,6232017
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELLNot stated$158,4282023
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$158,1022018
ACHIEWELL LLCNot stated$158,0002023
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$158,0002023
SEALED OPTICS COMPANYNot stated$157,9362019
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$157,6702022
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$157,6472021
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$157,0272020
ESENSORS INC.Not stated$156,5322019
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$156,0582024
SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITYNot stated$156,0432025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$155,3782022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$154,9972022
AMPHIONIC LLCNot stated$154,8472022
ULTOOL LLCNot stated$153,9262025
NANOCOATINGS INCNot stated$153,1752022
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$152,8872018
RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.Not stated$152,0002024
SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLCNot stated$151,6492025
GRUENENDAHL LLCNot stated$151,6112021
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$151,1942020
H3D INCNot stated$151,0362020
BRECHTEL MANUFACTURING, INCNot stated$151,0192025
CRYOMAGNETICS, INC.Not stated$150,3652020
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTONNot stated$150,0002022
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$150,0002024
HOOD COLLEGE OF FREDERICK, MARYLANDNot stated$150,0002025
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$150,0002022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$150,0002022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$150,0002021
TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$150,0002022
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$150,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$150,0002022
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$150,0002021
WEST TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$150,0002022
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,9992024
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,9952022
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$149,9912022
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,9782021
NMC, INC.Not stated$149,9772017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$149,9262020
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$149,9222022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDANot stated$149,9182022
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEYNot stated$149,9142022
TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,9022022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$149,8682019
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$149,8192021
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,8032022
X-WAVE INNOVATIONS, INC.Not stated$149,7472025
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INCNot stated$149,6942022
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,6642021
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$149,4772019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$149,4672025
EUCLID TECHLABS, LLCNot stated$149,2882025
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHISNot stated$149,2392022
JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$148,8182022
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$148,5462022
OCEAN RENEWABLE POWER CO INCNot stated$148,3572022
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$148,3422020
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$148,2822023
NMC, INC.Not stated$148,1322019
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$148,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$147,5012020
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$147,4992021
ASOLEYO LLCNot stated$147,4482021
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICONot stated$147,4342022
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$147,3602022
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$146,9482016
TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$146,6542022
EUCLID BEAMLABS LLCNot stated$146,6252025
NANOCOATINGS INCNot stated$146,4602023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$146,0312022
NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$145,9722022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$145,3422023
SOPHELIO LLCNot stated$145,1682025
BRYN MAWR COLLEGENot stated$145,0962017
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCNot stated$145,0662022
NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LLCNot stated$144,4192024
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDSNot stated$143,9542021
STRUCTURED MATERIALS INDUSTRIES, INC.Not stated$143,9532023
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$143,9032022
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.Not stated$143,5392020

Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.

What comparable notices state

134 records
Stated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Science, Technology, Research & Development, 134 of 329 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$408,750
  • Median$1,200,000
  • 75th percentile$5,000,000

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Who has won this programme before?

7471 awards
Awards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.

7471 federal awards on file under assistance listing 81.049, the programme this notice is published under. These are not awards made under this notice — a listing covers every year the programme runs, and awards under an open notice do not exist yet.

Every award under this programme

Common questions

7 questions
Every answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much can one applicant receive?
$500,000 – $16,000,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?
$293,760,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?
Dec 17, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility".
What can the funding be used for?
artificial intelligence (AI) models and frameworks, scientific discovery and research and development (R&D) workflows, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
Yes. This programme requires matching funds.
Has this programme funded anyone before?
7471 prior awards are on file for this programme, made by Office of Science. Recipients, amounts and fiscal years are listed on this page.

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-10-27
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-02
Assistance listing81.049

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.