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The DOE Genesis Mission is a $320 million initiative launched by executive order on November 24, 2025, directing the Department of Energy and its 17 national laboratories to build a shared AI-powered research platform integrating supercomputers, experimental facilities, AI systems, and massive scientific datasets.
The program funds four pillars: the American Science Cloud (AmSC) for shared computing infrastructure; the Transformational AI Models Consortium (ModCon) with $30 million for collaborative AI model development; 14 projects in robotics, automated laboratories, and autonomous control of large-scale experiments; and foundational AI research awards.
In February 2026, DOE released 26 Science and Technology Challenges signaling priority funding areas, including AI-driven autonomous laboratories that can run experiments without human intervention to accelerate drug discovery, materials development, and energy technology breakthroughs.
The stated goal is to use AI to compress research timelines from decades to months and make American research infrastructure competitive with private-sector AI development. New funding opportunities under the Genesis Mission are being announced on a rolling basis through 2026.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: National laboratories, U.S. universities, nonprofit research institutions, and companies with relevant capabilities in AI, robotics, laboratory automation, and scientific computing. Collaboration with DOE national labs is strongly encouraged. Some opportunities may require partnership with at least one national laboratory. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $320,000,000 total program investment across four pillars. The Transformational AI Models Consortium (ModCon) received $30,000,000. Fourteen projects funded in robotics, automated laboratories, and autonomous control of large-scale experiments. Individual project award amounts vary by pillar and challenge area. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
DOE Genesis Mission: AI for Autonomous Scientific Laboratories and Robotics is funded by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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The FY2026 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program supports basic research in science and engineering at U.S. institutions of higher education, with emphasis on multidisciplinary research where more than one traditional discipline interacts. The Army, Navy, and Air Force basic research offices are seeking applications across 22 topic areas including artificial intelligence and autonomy, information sensing and processing, and systems manipulation. MURI grants typically provide $1.25 million to $1.5 million per year for three years with option to extend two additional years. Approximately $170 million in total funding is available annually across all topics. The program is administered through the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Army Research Office (ARO), and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR).
The NSF Convergence Accelerator is a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) that funds multidisciplinary teams working to solve national-scale societal challenges through convergence research and innovation. Launched in 2019 under NSF's Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, the program operates in two phases: Phase 1 awards are up to $750,000, with successful teams advancing to larger Phase 2 awards. Eligible applicants include institutions of higher education and nonprofit or for-profit organizations. Track I and Track K focus on specific high-priority topics announced each funding cycle. The next deadline is June 15, 2026. Proposals must comply with updated NSF research security policies effective July 2025.
The USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) 2026 provides $175 million in annual funding for research addressing the needs of the specialty crop industry, with a groundbreaking new $20 million set-aside for mechanization and automation research. For the first time, the SCRI Notice of Funding Opportunity explicitly funds AI-driven automation technologies to help specialty crop growers reduce labor costs, which have been among the most persistent financial pressures in fruit, vegetable, tree nut, and horticulture production. Priority areas include data-driven predictive tools using artificial intelligence, robotics, sensor technologies, precision agriculture, improved mechanization technologies that delay or inhibit ripening, decision support systems, management of quarantine pests, and cybersecurity for agricultural systems. The funding increase was enabled by the Working Families Tax Cuts legislation, more than doubling the previous SCRI budget from $80 million to $175 million per year. Applications are due by 5:00 PM Eastern Time on June 15, 2026. This represents the largest federal investment specifically targeting AI and automation in specialty crop agriculture.
On June 2, 2026, the Department of Energy's Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation selected two demonstration-scale facilities — Phoenix Tailings (with MIT and the University of Minnesota) for $66 million, and the Colorado School of Mines (with ElementUSA, PNNL, Principal Mineral, and Rare Earth Technologies Inc.) for the balance — under the Rare Earth Elements Demonstration Facility Program. Both projects pull rare earths from industrial waste — red mud at the Gramercy refinery in Louisiana, and a mix of mine and refining tailings elsewhere. Here is what the selections tell researchers, small businesses, and downstream magnet customers about where DOE thinks the chokepoint actually is, and what to do before the next demonstration-scale solicitation opens.
Read articleThe Energy Department's flagship Early Career Research Program is funded at $145M for FY2026 — $79M in current-year dollars, the rest contingent on FY27 appropriations. Full applications are due June 2 from the ~150 researchers DOE pre-cleared in March. Here's what the program rewards, why this year's announcement leans hard into Executive Order 14303 on Gold Standard Science, what untenured PIs at academic institutions vs. national labs should expect, and how to position for the FY27 pre-application gate next March.
Read articleDOE's Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership is offering $200K-$575K project awards plus 24 months of national-lab technical support for rural and tribal communities under 10,000 people. July 2 deadline.
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