NIST Backs White House 'Golden Age of Science' Push, Joins Genesis Mission

NIST has announced support for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's 'Science: A New Golden Age' report and said it intends to join the Genesis Mission Consortium, a federal initiative using super intelligence for scientific discovery. The announcement sets out which NIST datasets and infrastructure will be made available and names the focus areas NIST expects to contribute to.

• NIST announced on October 8, 2026 its support for OSTP Director Michael Kratsios' 'Science: A New Golden Age' report.
• NIST intends to participate as a federal agency partner in the Genesis Mission Consortium, part of the Genesis Mission SI-for-science program.
• NIST named specific resources it will contribute, including AM-Bench, the JARVIS computational materials database, the Materials Data Repository, the Public Data Repository and the National Technical Reports Library.
• NIST said its focus areas within the Genesis Mission will include biotechnology, quantum science, and materials design and discovery.
• NIST Director Arvind Raman said the agency will deliver measurement technology and standards infrastructure to support the initiative.