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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 TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$6,331,0002015
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$6,305,0002012
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$6,291,0002018
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$6,279,0002015
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$6,274,5181999
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$6,269,0002005
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$6,248,0862007
SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES & TECHNOLOGYNot stated$6,243,0002015
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELLNot stated$6,204,8491994
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$6,183,7642003
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$6,170,0002014
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$6,159,6662009
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$6,158,4332009
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$6,154,0002003
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$6,130,0002015
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$6,128,0622013
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$6,122,3322001
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$6,066,9741996
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$6,057,4692009
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$6,018,7502019
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$6,005,0002014
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCEDNot stated$6,000,0002025
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$6,000,0002024
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,981,0002003
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$5,978,0002014
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$5,963,7091999
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,963,0001984
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,961,0002005
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$5,950,0002021
RAYONIX, L.L.C.Not stated$5,942,3062017
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$5,889,2022021
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$5,883,0002012
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$5,853,5052011
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$5,840,2922020
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$5,836,0002016
EMORY UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,816,5812007
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$5,776,6042010
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,776,0002013
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$5,775,0002016
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$5,755,0002021
DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTERNot stated$5,750,4352025
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$5,747,0002016
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$5,705,0002018
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$5,662,7992018
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,628,0002012
TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINESNot stated$5,624,0001993
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$5,571,5602018
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,521,7372022
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$5,517,7702015
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$5,516,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$5,488,4562002
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$5,484,7342003
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,475,0002012
OHIO UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,473,0001993
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$5,472,2722017
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,464,0762015
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,450,0002020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,442,8572006
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,441,0002017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$5,439,7662018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$5,438,0002004
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$5,424,0001987
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,399,0002008
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$5,388,5002014
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,367,3692019
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,361,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$5,360,0002020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$5,344,1452019
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,341,8172013
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$5,340,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMANot stated$5,339,1002001
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$5,320,6002025
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,317,3982009
GENERAL ATOMICSNot stated$5,271,8792020
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,254,7912018
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,250,0002017
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,246,3272007
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,220,0002014
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$5,220,0002019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$5,204,5082010
NEW YORK UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,167,9951986
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$5,148,0001987
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THENot stated$5,146,4632015
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$5,130,0001987
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$5,128,3552004
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$5,120,0002007
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,100,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$5,093,0002014
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$5,091,7552020
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$5,026,0002012
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,014,4852007
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,011,1382013
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,010,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$5,000,0232021
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,000,0002023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$5,000,0002024
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$4,994,0002003
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$4,982,5032020
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$4,976,6052022
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$4,974,6372007

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.