The University of Wisconsin–Madison will receive five awards ranging from $500,000 to $750,000 to support projects that seek to address the nation’s most important energy, scientific, and engineering challenges.
The grant awards, aimed at advancing nuclear energy, critical mineral extraction and commercial fusion energy, were announced July 22 by the U.S. Department of Energy during the first annual Genesis Mission Summit in Washington, D.C.
The Genesis Mission brings together DOE’s national laboratories, universities and partners to collaborate on energy, science and national security projects, and it is focused on using artificial intelligence and advanced computing to support scientific research.
“The Genesis Mission recognizes that today’s most complex scientific and technological challenges cannot be solved by any one institution alone,” Dorota Brzezinska, UW–Madison’s vice chancellor for research, said in a press release.
“Each partner brings unique strengths that, together, can accelerate discovery and innovation,” she said.
In all, the DOE granted 278 awards to 168 universities, 87 national labs, 19 companies and four nonprofit organizations.
