Last week, the White House hosted a “New Golden Age Summit” convening scientists and tech leaders to discuss OSTP’s new report. Multiple initiatives were announced at the summit, including:
- DOE announced twelve Phase II Genesis Mission project awards totaling $159 million, including one awarded to the University of Washington
- Eleven companies pledged $2.4 billion to support DOE’s Genesis Mission, including $1 billion from Nvidia, $500 million from AMD, and $200 million from OpenAI
- DOE announced a $100 million Genesis Mission Graduate Fellowship program for accelerated four-year PhDs in AI and science or engineering
- NSF also announced a six-year integrated bachelor’s-to-PhD program called NextGen Workforce and launched two $33 million Grand Research Challenge competitions
- NIH, DOE, and Biohub launched a $1.8 billion virtual biology initiative to develop AI models of cells and biological systems
- NASA and DOE announced expanded cooperation on nuclear technologies, DOE identified eight scientific problems for quantum priority applications, and DOW announced $350 million in quantum computing initiatives