DOE Office of Technology Commercialization (formerly OTT)

Supports DOE Office of Technology Commercialization, connecting federal lab inventions with commercialization and industry adoption.

The DOE Office of Technology Commercialization, formerly OTT, sits under DOE Departmental Administration and runs the department's commercialization agenda. It connects national laboratory inventions to the market and spans work across 17 national laboratories.

Its active portfolio includes SBIR/STTR, the Technology Commercialization Fund, Energy I-Corps, Energy Program for Innovation Clusters, Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program, partnership intermediary agreements such as ENERGYWERX, the Lab Partnering Service, and the congressionally chartered Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation. The office also manages voucher-style support and other commercialization tools that sit around the TCF umbrella. Current program sizes range from SBIR awards up to $1.6 million to EPIC prizes up to $500,000 and TCF grants up to $5 million.

DOE OTC is built for teams that can show a credible path from lab technology to market use. The strongest applicants usually have a lab partner, a defined customer need, and a commercialization plan that can survive technical review and market scrutiny.