Energy opens applications for $293 million in research funding
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A new RFA invites scientific researchers to apply for federal funding to solve pressing scientific and technological challenges and advance the Genesis Mission.
The Department of Energy is allocating $293 million in funding to advance the work of Genesis Mission by inviting applications from interdisciplinary scientific teams that use novel artificial intelligence models and frameworks to address pressing issues in technical fields.
Energy unveiled a Request for Application on Tuesday targeting diverse teams of researchers that use AI for problem solving in critical fields, specifically advanced manufacturing, biotechnology, critical materials, nuclear energy and quantum information science.
In keeping with the Genesis Mission’s goal of accelerating scientific innovation by leveraging the nation’s supercomputer apparatus to run advanced AI systems and spur scientific advances, the RFA seeks applications from researchers within DOE’s national laboratory apparatus, private sector and academia.
“The Genesis Mission has caught the imagination of our scientific and engineering communities to tackle national challenges in the age of AI,” Under Secretary for Science and Genesis Mission Director Darío Gil said in a press release. “With these investments we seek breakthrough ideas and novel collaborations leveraging the scientific prowess of our National Laboratories, the private sector, universities and science philanthropies.”
Awards from this RFA will vary in funding and duration. Phase I awards will range from $500,000 to $750,000 and will last over a nine-month period. Phase II will see awards between $6 million and $15 million allocated over a longer three-year project period. Applicants to Phase I are not prohibited from future work within the longer-term Phase II.