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
2026-10-23

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
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$3,494,4492015
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,492,9932009
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$3,484,9571987
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$3,483,3712022
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$3,472,0001995
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,471,0002016
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,459,0002013
P H MATTER LLCNot stated$3,454,6622017
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,450,8042009
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,449,5892011
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$3,449,5092003
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$3,447,6242007
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$3,444,0001999
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$3,437,0002016
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,434,9962010
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMANot stated$3,433,0562019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$3,426,1002023
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$3,425,0002024
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,414,1552022
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,409,6712007
APPLIED SPECTRA INCNot stated$3,396,9362016
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$3,395,8102005
GENERAL ATOMICSNot stated$3,393,8532018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$3,388,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$3,386,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEMNot stated$3,385,0002020
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$3,384,0002013
INNOVEYDA LLCNot stated$3,382,5992019
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$3,378,0002015
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$3,376,0002017
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$3,360,0002013
YALE UNIVNot stated$3,360,0002005
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$3,357,8902017
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$3,350,1832022
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$3,350,0002014
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMNot stated$3,340,0002021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$3,334,9942005
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,333,6412014
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$3,333,1852007
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$3,332,0002015
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$3,331,2692014
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$3,320,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$3,319,1432009
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,316,0002003
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONNot stated$3,300,1722018
GLOBAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT INCNot stated$3,300,0002015
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$3,300,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THENot stated$3,299,0001999
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$3,296,0002014
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,289,8542019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$3,289,7132017
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,288,7961999
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,287,5421998
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$3,287,2342007
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$3,286,1742016
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,285,0002009
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$3,282,0002021
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,281,0002015
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,280,0002014
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELLNot stated$3,273,3272018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$3,266,9002013
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,266,3762023
NOVA PHOTONICS INCNot stated$3,255,7292019
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$3,253,8551995
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$3,249,0092006
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$3,239,9942022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$3,237,5752013
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$3,234,9992017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$3,232,6332004
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$3,231,7072013
SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$3,230,0002011
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$3,223,9592005
SIXPOINT MATERIALS, INC.Not stated$3,220,9382015
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,217,8431984
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$3,205,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$3,204,4942005
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$3,202,0002009
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$3,199,0002015
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$3,195,8202016
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$3,194,5872012
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,181,8442021
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$3,181,7252022
LEHIGH UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,179,4702013
RADIABEAM SYSTEMS, LLCNot stated$3,174,1882016
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$3,174,1502010
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,165,1261984
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAMNot stated$3,161,9432020
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$3,160,0312025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$3,159,9252017
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$3,159,6962011
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$3,158,0752013
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,151,1072023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$3,136,2872009
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,132,6432007
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,122,2862019
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$3,121,9522009
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$3,117,0302020
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$3,112,4662016
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,112,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$3,108,7472009

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.