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The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI

Award ceiling
$500,000 – $16,000,000
Closes
Dec 17, 2026
Last verified
2026-10-23

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, 202655 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 ARIZONANot stated$15,796,0002013
THE KRELL INSTITUTE INCNot stated$15,795,3592021
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$15,767,0001997
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$15,315,0002012
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$15,299,9992016
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$15,023,9132025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$14,892,4722016
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$14,845,2872016
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONNot stated$14,809,0002014
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$14,794,0001987
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$14,612,0002013
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$14,482,0492022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$14,462,7402016
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$14,320,0002013
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$14,170,0001996
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$14,135,8732022
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$13,999,2712014
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$13,973,0002014
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$13,892,0001996
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$13,760,0002014
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$13,595,0001993
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$13,571,0002014
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$13,547,0001996
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$13,459,1342015
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$13,102,0001988
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$12,899,9972010
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$12,839,6782022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$12,684,2172023
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$12,500,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$12,274,4982015
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$12,144,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$11,996,0002013
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,981,7832023
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,914,0001992
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$11,814,0001986
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,750,0002020
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,749,8522018
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,734,6832008
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$11,717,0002014
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$11,716,0001996
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$11,711,8652020
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,512,0002016
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$11,450,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$11,368,0002013
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$11,326,8582006
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$11,291,8982009
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,250,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$11,219,5702015
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$11,192,0001997
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$11,176,8532020
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,166,0002014
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$11,110,9042013
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,049,9972017
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$10,960,0002009
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,931,0001992
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,924,0002013
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,895,0002013
J. CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE, INC.Not stated$10,702,7002017
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,695,0002010
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$10,694,0002014
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$10,602,5001993
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEMNot stated$10,577,0002007
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$10,565,0001994
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$10,552,0002013
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,549,0002013
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$10,489,5432016
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,350,0002022
THE KRELL INSTITUTE INCNot stated$10,327,9482020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$10,321,7302022
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$10,208,0002020
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,204,1842017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$10,168,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$10,100,0002018
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,069,7042018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$10,057,0002000
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,000,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$10,000,0002023
THE KRELL INSTITUTE INCNot stated$9,995,2452019
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$9,985,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$9,919,0002013
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$9,891,5001988
LOUISIANA BOARD OF REGENTSNot stated$9,861,8462014
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,785,5412020
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$9,752,0001988
NEW YORK UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,721,0002012
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$9,688,0002014
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$9,604,0001988
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,602,0002013
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$9,545,0002022
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,440,0002009
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$9,380,3572021
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$9,375,0001992
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,369,7842024
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$9,361,0002014
THE KRELL INSTITUTE INCNot stated$9,343,9252018
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,300,0002015
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$9,183,7702025
GENERAL ATOMICSNot stated$9,166,7972013
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$9,148,7982015
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$9,064,0032020

Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.

What comparable notices state

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

Among open records stored under Science, Technology, Research & Development, 135 of 331 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$417,500
  • Median$1,200,000
  • 75th percentile$5,471,747

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
Retrieved2026-10-23
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.