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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
2026-10-26

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
NOVUS ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INCNot stated$185,5182019
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$185,1152018
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$184,3412020
CALABAZAS CREEK RESEARCH, INC.Not stated$184,2812024
RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.Not stated$183,7192024
SILVER FIR SOFTWARE, INC.Not stated$183,5482021
ATLANTIC BIOMASS, LLCNot stated$183,4562024
FLOATING ISLAND INTERNATIONAL, INCNot stated$183,3952021
RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.Not stated$183,3612023
ALITHEON INCNot stated$183,2062023
LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATEDNot stated$183,1502023
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$183,0002024
SISTINE SOLAR, INC.Not stated$182,9872021
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$182,6162022
IBP USA GROUP, INC.Not stated$182,3782025
RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.Not stated$182,3072023
LADYBUG TOOLS LLCNot stated$182,0942019
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$182,0002023
WD ADVANCED MATERIALS, LLCNot stated$181,7082023
NANOCOATINGS INCNot stated$181,6182022
UHV TECHNOLOGIES INCNot stated$181,5602023
STARFIRE INDUSTRIES LLCNot stated$181,4872020
RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.Not stated$181,4082020
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$181,3962025
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$181,3422022
H3D INCNot stated$181,2922025
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$180,9562021
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$180,8062020
ALITHEON INCNot stated$180,7792023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$180,6382022
RAYONIX, L.L.C.Not stated$180,6362020
COMPREX, LLCNot stated$180,5062025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$180,1032023
DREXEL UNIVERSITYNot stated$180,0002023
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$180,0002020
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$180,0002022
TOWSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$180,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$180,0002023
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$179,9822018
YALE UNIVNot stated$179,9642019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$179,9222018
NIOWAVE, INC.Not stated$179,8352020
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$179,7762022
X-SCALESOLUTIONS LLCNot stated$179,4832025
HELICON CORPNot stated$178,5432020
NMC, INC.Not stated$178,4172023
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$178,3722022
COLUMBIA POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Not stated$177,9942020
BERGEY WINDPOWER COMPANY, LLCNot stated$177,9092023
RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.Not stated$177,7972020
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$177,7832022
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$177,5082020
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$177,4242018
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$177,2682019
MEADOWLARK OPTICS, INC.Not stated$177,1232023
CREARE LLCNot stated$176,8302023
PEROTECH, INCNot stated$176,4192022
RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.Not stated$176,3822024
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$176,1972014
MAGRATHEA METALS INC.Not stated$176,1332023
M4 SCIENCES LLCNot stated$176,1142023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONNot stated$176,0162022
TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$175,9142023
QEN LABS INC.Not stated$175,4262025
RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.Not stated$175,4262024
COMPREX, LLCNot stated$175,0662025
NUCRYPT LLCNot stated$174,7302021
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$174,4992022
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS, INC.Not stated$174,4922023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$174,1212025
NUMIX MATERIALS INC.Not stated$173,1332021
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$173,0002019
TG COMPANIES, LLCNot stated$172,7382020
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$172,3252022
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$172,3092019
SKYSUN LLCNot stated$172,1762019
DER SECURITY CORPNot stated$171,7452025
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMNot stated$171,3062025
LIVEWIRE INNOVATION, INC.Not stated$170,5552021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$170,0002020
PRECISION MATERIALS ENGINEERING LLCNot stated$169,8302025
ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT SERVICES CORPORATIONNot stated$169,6862022
KAPTEYN-MURNANE LABORATORIES, INCNot stated$169,6622025
APPLIED DIAMOND, INC.Not stated$169,0442025
NANOVMS, INC.Not stated$169,0002020
PROTOCHIPS, INC.Not stated$168,9472023
AIMILIGHT SENSORS AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS INC.Not stated$168,2432025
CREARE LLCNot stated$167,9332020
MICROSEISMIC INCNot stated$167,8782023
MESA PHOTONICS LLCNot stated$167,7802025
AIRMETTLE INCNot stated$167,1502025
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTANot stated$166,9522020
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$166,6672025
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$166,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$165,8572022
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$165,8562021
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$165,4432022
KITWARE INCNot stated$165,3542021
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$165,0002022
LUPINE MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY, INC.Not stated$164,0312025

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
Retrieved2026-10-26
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-02
Assistance listing81.049

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