Federal agencies have committed more than $5 billion to an Energy Department-led effort to use artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific research, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios announced Wednesday.
The funding marks one of the clearest signs yet of the Trump administration’s effort to reshape federal science spending, steering research dollars toward AI-powered projects and individual researchers rather than institutions such as universities that have traditionally dominated federally funded research. Some of the awardees included researchers at universities.
From over 5,000 applications, 278 projects were selected to receive funding from the initiative, which is known as the Genesis Mission, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said at a Wednesday summit.
“Through the Genesis Mission, we are bringing together the nation’s leading researchers, institutions, and technology partners to build the next generation of scientific capability,” Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil said in a statement.
