MIT researchers are set to contribute to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Genesis Mission, with 15 collaborative projects among those selected for funding under Genesis Phase I, DOE announced Wednesday. The Genesis Mission, a national initiative, intends to build “the world’s most powerful integrated science discovery platform” by incentivizing cross-sector collaborations that leverage AI, supercomputing, quantum systems, and advanced scientific instruments to accelerate breakthroughs in energy, scientific discovery, and national security. “MIT researchers are proud to be leading and contributing to projects under the Genesis Mission, in vital areas of research that support national priorities,” says Ian A.

Waitz, MIT’s vice president for research. “The Genesis Mission represents a fantastic opportunity to catalyze the power of universities, industry, and the U.S… Phase I projects that identify promising pathways toward transformative capabilities at scale may be considered by DOE for further Genesis Mission funding. Six of the selected projects are to be led by MIT principal investigators (PIs): AI-Driven Discovery of Electrochemical Separation Methods for Rare Earth ElementsMIT lead: Martin Bazant (Department of Chemical Engineering, ChemE), Chevron Professor in Chemical Engineering and professor of mathematics AI for Learning Missing Constitutive Structure in Fracture ModelsMIT lead: Laurent Demanet (Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences), professor of applied mathematics in the Department of Mathematics and co-director of the MIT Center for Computat…