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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
2026-10-23

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
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$1,652,8312011
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$1,652,5742022
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,652,5042025
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,650,0002023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$1,650,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$1,649,6742022
TJS TECHNOLOGIES LLCNot stated$1,647,9522018
STRATTON PARK ENGINEERING CO., INC.Not stated$1,645,7362017
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,645,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$1,643,0012003
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$1,642,9442018
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,640,0002018
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$1,639,7142019
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$1,639,3752019
SONALYSTS INCNot stated$1,638,3672018
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,637,5862018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$1,636,7302020
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$1,635,7912015
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,634,4222017
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$1,630,6982018
RESERVOIR LABS, INC.Not stated$1,630,3602019
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$1,630,0002016
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHONot stated$1,630,0002024
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,625,3372013
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$1,625,0002017
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$1,624,4792023
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$1,624,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LACNot stated$1,621,8502007
AMERICAN ECOTECH L.C.Not stated$1,620,4592016
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$1,620,3542018
TECH-X CORPORATIONNot stated$1,620,0002017
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$1,620,0002019
QUNNECT, INCNot stated$1,619,0912019
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$1,617,0892011
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$1,617,0002020
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$1,614,6752025
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$1,612,0002015
PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATIONNot stated$1,611,9652019
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,610,8812025
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$1,610,0002011
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,609,9952011
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,609,3432020
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$1,606,6992018
FAR-TECH, INCNot stated$1,606,6752018
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$1,602,8542025
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$1,601,4922005
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,600,1792022
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,600,0002025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$1,600,0002023
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,600,0002019
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$1,600,0002020
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCNot stated$1,599,9452001
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$1,599,0372023
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,595,0002022
MIMETICS, LLCNot stated$1,593,5942024
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,593,5602010
QUEST CANOPIES INCNot stated$1,590,5082019
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$1,589,0402013
CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,586,8682025
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,583,0002003
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND ENERGY FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$1,581,6532021
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$1,580,6132018
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$1,580,5792012
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,575,8752021
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,572,1732023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$1,571,6922022
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$1,571,4592018
TRANSCEND ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, LLCNot stated$1,570,2432020
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$1,565,4372023
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,565,4002023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$1,563,1662006
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,560,0002017
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$1,560,0002023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,559,7732023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$1,558,4032017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$1,554,3132016
RADIASOFT LLCNot stated$1,553,2762021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$1,553,0002020
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,546,7522022
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,542,0002015
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,540,2562022
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,540,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$1,540,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$1,539,6222022
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,539,0002015
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,538,0002023
COMMONWEALTH FUSION SYSTEMS LLCNot stated$1,537,7912021
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$1,537,3132021
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$1,537,2272006
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCEDNot stated$1,536,8112018
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,535,9902017
DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTERNot stated$1,531,7582019
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$1,531,5772020
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$1,530,1342021
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEYNot stated$1,530,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$1,530,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$1,529,8572013
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$1,526,2672018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$1,525,2592025
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$1,525,0002015

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.