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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
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$750,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$750,0002017
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$750,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$750,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$750,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$750,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$750,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$750,0002017
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$750,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$750,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLNot stated$750,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LACNot stated$750,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$750,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICONot stated$750,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$750,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$750,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$750,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$750,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$750,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONNot stated$750,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONNot stated$750,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$750,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$750,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$750,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$750,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$750,0002022
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$750,0002019
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002022
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002021
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$750,0002021
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$750,0002019
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002021
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002023
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002023
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002020
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002018
YALE UNIVNot stated$750,0002021
YALE UNIVNot stated$750,0002021
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,9992022
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,9992019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$749,9992022
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$749,9992022
UNIVERSITY OF MASS AT BOSTONNot stated$749,9992023
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$749,999Not stated
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$749,9982022
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$749,9982022
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMNot stated$749,9982020
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$749,9982020
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$749,9952019
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,9952020
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$749,9952024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$749,993Not stated
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASNot stated$749,9912018
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$749,9902016
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$749,9852019
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$749,9832019
JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,9812022
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,9772017
EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,9762022
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$749,9712019
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$749,9702021
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$749,9692020
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$749,9652019
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$749,9632021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$749,9602015
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$749,9592022
WEST TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,9592018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$749,9582019
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTENot stated$749,9562022
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THENot stated$749,9552017
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$749,9532022
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$749,9522020
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANSNot stated$749,9302023
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,9282020
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,9212018
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$749,9112019
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,9062018
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$749,9042022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$749,9012020
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LACNot stated$749,8942017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,8912016
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$749,8912019
LEHIGH UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,8832015
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF MIDDLEBURY COLLEGENot stated$749,8562022
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$749,8392020
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$749,8272020
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$749,8262019
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,8042020
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDNot stated$749,8032020
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIANot stated$749,7972022
WELLESLEY COLLEGENot stated$749,7972023
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,7552016
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$749,7322022
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,7312016
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,7302022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,7092019
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$749,6772022
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$749,6752017
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$749,6242020
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMNot stated$749,5662019

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.