Genesis Mission Consortium Expands With Wiley, $294M DOE Funding Round

Scientific publisher Wiley has joined the U.S. Department of Energy's Genesis Mission Consortium as the only scientific publisher among its members, and was invited to demonstrate its work at the Genesis Mission Annual Summit in Washington, D.C. The consortium, which brings together federal agencies and private sector partners to advance AI-powered scientific discovery in areas including energy, health, and space, counts Nvidia, AWS, Microsoft, IBM, AMD, OpenEvidence, IQVIA, and Anthropic among its members. President Trump launched the Genesis Mission in November 2025 under Department of Energy oversight; the administration expanded it to more than 15 federal agencies in July 2026. Eleven technology companies have collectively pledged $2.4 billion in AI tools and computing resources to the consortium, with Anthropic committing $150 million over three years. The federal government also announced a separate $5 billion commitment to support national science and technology challenges. The DOE issued a Request for Applications on March 17, 2026, offering nearly $294 million for AI-related projects across 21 technical areas including advanced manufacturing, industrial productivity, energy, and nuclear physics, with Phase I applications and Phase II letters of intent both due April 28, 2026.