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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
2026-10-24

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, 202654 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 RICHMONDNot stated$1,008,0001996
TAI-YANG RESEARCH COMPANYNot stated$1,006,4982021
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,005,5902023
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,004,9582023
GENERAL ATOMICSNot stated$1,004,0782022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$1,003,6062019
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,003,1642007
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,001,2542015
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORENot stated$1,000,6072017
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THENot stated$1,000,1902023
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,000,0002024
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$1,000,0002024
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$1,000,0002024
CHEMELECTRONICS LLCNot stated$1,000,0002022
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,000,0002024
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,000,0002022
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$1,000,0002023
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$1,000,0002025
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,000,0002023
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$1,000,0002023
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$1,000,0002018
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$1,000,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$1,000,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$1,000,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$1,000,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$1,000,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THENot stated$1,000,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$1,000,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$1,000,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$1,000,0002025
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$1,000,0002024
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,000,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$999,9992022
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$999,9982024
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$999,9982024
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$999,9982024
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$999,9912018
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$999,9902024
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$999,9902022
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$999,9882021
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$999,9852024
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$999,9422021
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LACNot stated$999,8692019
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$999,7922019
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$999,7832020
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$999,6832024
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$999,6032024
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$999,5542024
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$999,3832023
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$999,3042024
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$999,2032019
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMANot stated$999,1892024
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPINot stated$999,0362024
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$998,9872022
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$998,8952024
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$998,6712023
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$998,5922024
TITAN ADVANCED ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC.Not stated$997,9472020
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASNot stated$997,5582024
BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$997,5232024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$997,3582005
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$996,5062015
SCINTILEX, LLCNot stated$996,4872021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$996,3232017
YALE UNIVNot stated$995,5932024
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONNot stated$994,9472024
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$994,3202024
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$994,0002024
ULTRAMETNot stated$993,3962017
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$993,3842024
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$991,9212018
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$991,7952024
SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES & TECHNOLOGYNot stated$991,7362024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$991,0942024
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$990,9392018
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$989,2012021
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$987,9032024
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$987,5452021
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$986,4862021
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$986,0002025
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$985,3392025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$984,3932025
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$984,1602015
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$983,9132022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDANot stated$983,1562021
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$981,4212022
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$981,3222023
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$981,2802024
CONTINUUM DYNAMICS INCNot stated$980,5892015
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$980,0002015
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$978,9552021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$978,5482019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$977,2392021
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$977,0442014
HYPERBOLOID LLCNot stated$975,8802022
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$975,3482015
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$975,0002025
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITYNot stated$975,0002022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$975,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASNot stated$974,8222024

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
Retrieved2026-10-24
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.