University of Wisconsin-Madison: 5 projects at UW–Madison aimed at transforming science and energy with AI receive DOE Genesis Mission funding

The projects, spanning fusion to critical minerals, are among 278 funded awards to national labs, companies, universities and non-profits in order to accelerate breakthroughs in energy, scientific discovery and national security through a new platform that combines AI, supercomputing, quantum systems and advanced scientific instruments.

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison joined industry partners and colleagues from universities and national laboratories at the first annual Genesis Mission Summit in Washington, D.C., on Wed. July 22 as the U.S. Department of Energy announced the first phase of projects funded through the Genesis Mission.

UW–Madison will receive five Phase I awards, ranging from $500,000 to $750,000, to support nine-month projects that are aimed at addressing some of the nation’s most pressing energy, scientific, and engineering challenges, including in nuclear energy, critical mineral extraction and commercial fusion energy.

UW–Madison has earned more awards than any other public university in the nation, tying with Stanford University and coming in just behind the six granted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in terms of overall number of awards.

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