The Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) leads programs that support technologies and companies at different stages of the commercialization process, helping move American innovation from research toward the market.
Through these programs, OTC supports researchers, entrepreneurs, small businesses, investors, and industry with opportunities to develop, demonstrate, commercialize, and scale technologies. These efforts fuel American jobs, advance energy security, strengthen global competitiveness, and help ensure American innovation reaches the market.
Explore OTC’s programs and resources below to find the opportunities that can help move your technology forward.
- Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR): Providing funding and support to small businesses developing innovative energy technologies with commercial potential.
- Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC): Supporting incubators and accelerators via pitch competitions across the country.
- Small Business Investment Company – Energy Initiative (SBIC-E): Connecting energy technology companies with private capital to help scale American energy innovation.
- Technology Commercialization Fund: Bridging the gap between early-stage research and commercial deployment, helping innovators prove, scale, and de-risk technologies for industry adoption.
- Energy I-Corps: Delivering workforce development training and funding to our National Lab, plant, and site researchers to support energy technology commercialization.
- Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP): Supporting entrepreneurs with National Laboratory expertise and resources to develop technologies and build new energy businesses.
Additional Resources
OTC also offers a variety of resources that enable the commercialization of critical energy technologies. Follow the links to learn more about each.
- Lab Partnering Service: A search engine that offers endless opportunities to connect with the department's National Laboratories, sites, and facilities to take your research or product to the next level. Search experts, facilities, licensable technologies, and success stories aligned to your organization's interest.
- Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation: An independent, agency-related foundation that can help DOE accelerate the development and commercialization of critical energy technologies, foster public-private partnerships, and provide additional resources to partners and communities across the country supporting solutions-driven research and innovation that strengthens America’s energy and national security goals.
- Partnership Intermediary Agreements: Allowing cooperative and joint activities between DOE and small business firms, institutes of higher education, non-traditional performers, and innovative collaborators enabling the rapid development, scaling, commercialization, and deployment of relevant technologies and solutions.
- Adoption Readiness Levels (ARLs): A framework for assessing a technology’s readiness for adoption and identifying barriers that may prevent it from reaching the market.
Explore and Get Involved
Whether you are an entrepreneur building a company, a researcher ready to commercialize a technology, an industry partner seeking new opportunities, or an investor looking to support American innovation, OTC programs offer pathways to help move technologies from research to market.
Explore the opportunities above to see how you can help advance America’s energy future.
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