Micron Plans to Invest Up to $50 Million to Support Genesis Mission Graduate Fellowship and National Laboratory Research

Micron Technology, Inc. today announced that it intends to invest up to $50 million over five years, to support and expand the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission Graduate Fellowship Pilot Program and related research initiatives. These initiatives would drive advanced research through collaborative projects that may be led primarily by academic and industry researchers, leveraging competitive, whole-of-government infrastructure and national laboratory capabilities to accelerate national priorities in computing, super intelligence (SI), semiconductor innovation, and scientific discovery. The investment would also support new partnerships across federal research agencies and laboratories while building on Micron’s existing partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).

Micron’s commitment was announced today as part of the “Science: A New Golden Age Summit,” hosted by the White House, where the Trump Administration highlighted new industry commitments made through the Genesis Mission Consortium.

Micron’s planned investment would support fellowship funding, industry research experiences, technical mentorship and access to advanced memory and computing expertise for doctoral students participating in the Genesis Mission Graduate Fellowship Pilot Program. The pilot, being developed with the Department of Energy, is designed to create four-year PhD pathways that pair dual-competency research in SI and a scientific discipline with hands-on research experiences at a National Laboratory and in industry.

The investment is part of Micron Research Labs. This U.S.-based long-horizon premier research institution will be headquartered in Boise and backed by a planned $10 billion investment over the next decade. Building on Micron’s technology and manufacturing leadership, the new hub will bring together customers, academia, government and the broader semiconductor ecosystem to pursue breakthroughs beyond today’s technology roadmaps and help define what’s possible in the decades ahead. The Genesis Mission initiative represents an early step in how Micron Research Labs will engage with leading institutions and researchers to help advance the next generation of scientific and technological breakthroughs.

“Advancing memory innovation and developing the next generation of scientific and engineering talent have long been priorities for Micron and are central to our vision for Micron Research Labs,” said Scott DeBoer, President and Chief Technology and Product Officer at Micron Technology. “Memory is foundational to high-performance computing and emerging SI applications, enabling systems to process data at the scale and speed breakthrough science requires. Our partnership with the Genesis Mission will help bring this vision to life through two key initiatives: collaborating with national laboratories and federal agencies to accelerate memory-centric research and supporting the Genesis Mission Fellowship to develop the next generation of innovators. By contributing our memory and compute expertise and technical mentorship, we aim to help Fellows translate breakthrough ideas into meaningful impact.”

As the only U.S.-based manufacturer of memory and a global leader in semiconductor technologies, Micron brings deep expertise in the memory and storage technologies that power the advanced computing systems at the heart of the Genesis Mission. The company previously announced plans to invest more than $250 billion in manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. that will create more than 90,000 American jobs and will reinforce American leadership in memory and advanced manufacturing for years to come.