DOE EE Technology Commercialization Fund
Supports commercialization of public lab work through DOE Technology Commercialization Fund partnerships led by national laboratory teams.
The DOE Technology Commercialization Fund sits under the Department of Energy's Office of Technology Commercialization and exists to move laboratory inventions toward market use. Congress established it in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the office coordinates activity across 17 national laboratories and other DOE sites. The fund supports grant partnerships rather than pure cash awards to firms, with proposals coming from DOE national laboratories, plants, and sites and outside organizations joining as teaming partners. In FY2025 it backed 42 projects with $35 million in awards and $21 million in cost share, and the FY2026 CLIMR laboratory call is the live route. The best fit is a project that needs DOE lab capability, a clear commercialization path, and a partner structure that can carry the work from lab research into the market. That makes the program especially useful for energy efficiency and renewable technology teams that can match federal support and work inside a lab-led collaboration with the lab already central to the technical plan.
No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.