DOE opened the Genesis Open Models portal, applications due August 14.

Genesis Open Models launched at Argonne, inviting universities, national labs, companies and nonprofits to contribute data, research environments and evaluations. First-round applications close August 14, 2026. The first model, Genesis-Science-1, is an American open-weight model and governed research system designed to complete scientific computing workflows while preserving a reproducible record of its work, with Arcee AI leading training and DOE labs supplying reviewed materials, task definitions and validation. It sits under the Genesis Mission, which has announced $320M for AI-for-science including $30M to Argonne's Transformational AI Models Consortium. 257 points on HN. If you have relevant eval or dataset work, six days.