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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, 202652 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
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$450,0002022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$450,0002020
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$450,0002024
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$450,0002023
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$450,0002024
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$450,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$450,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$450,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$450,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$450,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$450,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$450,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$450,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$450,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LACNot stated$450,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$450,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$450,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$450,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$450,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$450,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$450,0002022
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002024
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,9992016
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$449,9982023
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$449,9972023
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,8482022
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,8052016
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$449,7572019
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$449,6772023
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$449,5472018
SPELMAN COLLEGENot stated$449,3222023
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,1172023
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$448,6372024
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCESNot stated$447,9712022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$447,2132016
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$446,6252022
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE INCNot stated$446,0562023
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$445,0002023
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$444,5432017
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYNot stated$443,3792024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$442,3812018
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$441,8742018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$441,3352020
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$440,7112024
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGENot stated$440,4392023
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$440,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$440,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$439,5592019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$438,1802018
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$438,1322025
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$438,0512025
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$437,6512018
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$436,9402023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$436,7782021
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$435,7002020
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$435,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$434,0002017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$433,2212022
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$430,1942016
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$430,0002020
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$429,9952024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$428,5582021
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$428,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTANot stated$427,6852018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$427,1982021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$426,7602022
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITYNot stated$425,0502021
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$425,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLNot stated$424,5602017
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$423,7562020
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$423,5312022
UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES, INC.Not stated$422,7872025
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$422,3092020
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$422,0002023
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$421,4972019
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$420,6102018
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$420,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$420,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$420,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$419,9992020
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$419,9102017
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$419,6162020
BAYLOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$418,8022018
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPINot stated$418,6522020
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$418,3532012
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$417,6582020
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$417,1252021
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$417,1042019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$417,0002021
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INCNot stated$416,0372024
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$415,6482019
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$415,5942021
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$415,1372015
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$415,0002022
ASTRODEL LLCNot stated$412,5032022
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$411,7682018
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$411,4272018
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$410,9762022
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$410,8972018
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$410,0002023

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

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.