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DOE Genesis Mission: AI for Autonomous Scientific Laboratories and Robotics is sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). 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 syste…
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Genesis Mission Genesis Mission is a national initiative to build the world's most powerful scientific platform to accelerate discovery science, strengthen national security, and drive energy innovation.
Genesis Mission will develop an integrated platform that connects the world's best supercomputers, experimental facilities, AI systems, and unique datasets across every major scientific domain to double the productivity and impact of American research and innovation within a decade. A continuously scrolling carousel displaying logos of Genesis Mission collaborators.
The list of collaborators includes: NVIDIA, OpenAI For Government, IBM, Microsoft, AMD, AWS, Google, Oracle . Harnessing the power of the stars to deliver abundant, affordable energy. Through real-time collaboration between scientists, supercomputers, and AI systems, researchers can design, test, and stabilize fusion reactors far faster than before, accelerating the realization of sustainable fusion power.
Advanced nuclear, faster and safer Creating a new generation of more efficient reactor designs, including new modular reactors, that provide reliable, around-the-clock energy. Engineers and AI tools work together to optimize reactor design, materials, licensing, and operations, shortening development timelines while strengthening safety and performance.
An intelligent, resilient grid Building a power network that grows as fast as the technologies it fuels. By combining human expertise in energy planning with AI-enabled forecasting and simulation, teams can modernize the nation's grid, improving reliability and accelerating deployment of new infrastructure. Seeing molecules in action Revealing chemical and biological processes as they unfold in real time.
AI will work with ultrafast experiments to observe molecular dynamics and uncover insights that accelerate breakthroughs in materials and medicine. Understanding the universe, from quarks to cosmos Connecting the smallest particles to the largest structures. Physicists, guided by AI tools that reason across astronomical and particle-physics data, work together to test new theories about dark matter, dark energy, and the laws of nature.
Discovering new quantum algorithms Unlocking the next frontier of computation. AI serves as a reasoning partner for researchers, generating and verifying new classes of quantum algorithms while scientists interpret and validate the results, bringing practical quantum computing closer to reality. Securing critical materials Reducing dependence on foreign supply chains.
Materials scientists and AI systems co-design substitutes, responsibly utilize Earth's resources, and recover rare elements from waste, building a stable, self-reliant foundation for the nation's future industries. Accelerating advanced manufacturing Discovering mission-ready materials Delivering alloys, polymers, and composites vital to defense and industry.
Human insight and AI-guided discovery converge to fuse simulation, literature mining, and autonomous labs, pointing toward a future where years of materials research could unfold in a fraction of the time.
Essential Information and Guidance A national initiative led by the Department of Energy and its 17 National Laboratories to build the world’s most powerful scientific platform to accelerate discovery, strengthen national security, and drive energy innovation. We are amid a revolution in computing, driven by artificial intelligence and quantum information technologies, that will transform how science is done.
Genesis Mission has the goal of doubling the productivity and impact of U.S. research and development by pairing scientists with intelligent systems that reason, simulate, and experiment at extraordinary speed. Genesis Mission will create a national discovery platform that unites the world’s most powerful supercomputers, AI systems, and emerging quantum technologies with the nation’s most advanced scientific instruments.
Together, they form an integrated infrastructure for scientific exploration—an intelligent network capable of sensing, simulating, and understanding nature at every scale. By connecting these systems, Genesis Mission will transform how science is done.
It will generate a new class of high-fidelity data to train advanced AI models, empower researchers to solve the hardest scientific challenges, and accelerate discovery from years to months. In doing so, it will serve as both a national accelerator for innovation and a proving ground for the next generation of AI and quantum and robotics technologies. What kinds of breakthroughs could it unlock?
From fusion energy and new materials to quantum computing and life-saving medicines, Genesis Mission expands what’s possible in energy, discovery science, and national security. Will Genesis Mission use AI to replace scientists? No. Genesis Mission enables them.
It’s AI for discovery, not automation, helping researchers explore and understand the universe faster. The Department of Energy, in collaboration with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Who are the collaborators in Genesis Mission?
Genesis Mission brings together the Department of Energy’s 17 National Laboratories with America’s leading universities and industry, including pioneers in artificial intelligence, computing, materials, and energy, to build the most powerful scientific platform ever to solve national challenges. Please click here for a list of initial collaborators.
Together, they represent the strength of the U.S. innovation ecosystem, uniting public and private sectors to accelerate discovery and maintain America’s scientific and technological leadership. How can people get involved? Genesis Mission is a movement to transform how science is done.
DOE will open parts of Genesis Mission platform to qualified researchers, innovators, and companies, ensuring the benefits of this national effort are shared across the American scientific ecosystem.
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. 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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NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program is a grant from NVIDIA providing up to $60,000 per award to PhD students conducting research that advances accelerated computing and its applications. Now in its 25th year, the program invites nominations from doctoral students pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and related fields. Recipients receive not only research funding but also access to NVIDIA technology, products, and engineering expertise, along with a mandatory in-person summer internship. Students are nominated by their faculty advisors and selected based on academic achievement and research area alignment.
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NIST SBIR Phase I - Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics is sponsored by National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST SBIR Phase I - Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics is a grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that funds small businesses with innovative research and technology ideas in advanced manufacturing and robotics.
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