INFUSE RFA Cycle
Supports private fusion companies through annual partnerships with national laboratories.
The Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) is a DOE Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) program that provides private fusion companies with access to the technical expertise and capabilities of DOE national laboratories and accredited U.S. universities through funded public-private partnerships. INFUSE is co-led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)…
Public-private partnerships connecting private fusion companies with DOE national laboratory or university capabilities across enabling technologies, materials science, diagnostics, modeling, and commercialization pathways.
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