LEEP Fellowship (Seed)
Offers students and early career scholars with mentoring support for LEEP Fellowship in energy systems, climate technology, and manufacturing.
The Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP), administered by the DOE Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) — formally aligned under OTC as of May 13, 2026 — embeds early-stage energy technology founders inside U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories for a two-year, fully funded fellowship. Fellows receive a paid personal living stipend, healthcare benefits, a yearly travel allo…
Early-stage clean energy technology ventures led by first-time technical founders, embedded full-time for two years inside DOE National Laboratories through a paid fellowship program.
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