The West Gate Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program offers promising entrepreneurs a career-changing opportunity to access NREL's expertise and capabilities to speed the development of their startup's core technologies.
Aspiring entrepreneurs aim to tackle the world's greatest challenges of fostering clean energy. Selected innovators' core technologies align with NREL's research mission to advance energy efficiency, sustainable transportation, and renewable power to optimize energy systems.
West Gate embeds innovators at NREL and pairs them with scientists who specialize in the innovators' technology areas. Throughout the program's 2-year runway, innovators work with scientists in NREL's world-class laboratories to de-risk their technologies, ready them for market, and grow their startup companies.
Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. MT on Jan. 14, 2024. Candidates selected to advance to the semi-finalist phase will be notified in February.
Register for the Cohort 3 informational webinar on Dec. 7, 2023, from 12 to 1 p.m. MT to learn about the program and application process.