LVCC, North Hall
Booth #10177
Welcome to the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) at CES 2024! Stationed proudly at the Department of Energy booth, we're at the forefront of the energy transition, passionately stewarding groundbreaking new energy technologies from innovation to impact. This year, we're thrilled to have representatives from 10 distinguished DOE federal laboratories joining us, each showcasing the latest and most innovative technologies emerging from the national lab complex. In collaboration with ARPA-E, we're excited to exhibit a range of advanced energy technologies. Join us in exploring how OTT is catalyzing change and shaping the future of energy!
Featured Panels
Extreme Tech Challenge Fireside Chat with Victoria Slivkoff
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10
Venetian Expo
Extreme Tech Challenge Executive Managing Director Victoria Slivkoff will have a fireside chat with Dr. Vanessa Z. Chan, U.S. Department of Energy, Chief Commercialization Officer, Office of Technology Transitions.
Fireside Chat with Vanessa Z. Chan and Susan S. Hubbard
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11
Booth #10177
Vanessa Z. Chan, U.S. Department of Energy, Chief Commercialization Officer, and Susan S. Hubbard, deputy for science and technology at ORNL, for a wide-ranging discussion about DOE and the national laboratory system.
A Circular Economy To Benefit People, the Planet and Business
2:00 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11
Venetian Level 4, Lando 4304
Vanessa Z. Chan will participate in a panel discussion to explore the goals and strategies in promoting circular economy practices, identify the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, and learn how public policy can create a more sustainable future.
Explore Current Opportunities with OTT
Discover a range of exciting prizes, competitions, and other opportunities, and join us in driving forward the next wave of energy innovation with OTT.
Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Prize Round 3
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) is launching a new version of its successful American-Made EPIC Prize. The $4 million EPIC Round 3 competitive funding program will award cash prizes to the nation’s most innovative incubators supporting energy startups and entrepreneurs. In addition to cash prizes, incubators will compete for extended financial support of up to $1 million in the form of a three-year cooperative agreement with OTT. Additional cooperative agreements may be supported through this program, subject to FY24 appropriations.
Next Submission Deadline: 2/9/24
The Manufacture of Advanced Key Energy Infrastructure Technologies (MAKE IT)
The MAKE IT Prize aims to catalyze domestic manufacturing of critical clean energy technology components, moving manufacturing facilities from planning to shovel-ready and enabling strategies for vibrant manufacturing activities in communities. This prize, developed by the Office of Technology Transitions in partnership with the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has a prize pool of approximately $30 million spread across two tracks: Facilities and Strategies.
The Facilities Track accelerates clean energy technology manufacturing plant development and helps support establishing a robust, secure domestic supply chain for components deemed critical for the commercialization of clean energy technologies. This track invites U.S.-based entities with demonstrated commitment and capabilities in domestic manufacturing to complete and submit the work necessary for a shovel-ready manufacturing facility for specific clean energy technology components, including components related to hydrogen, the electric grid, long-duration energy storage, and carbon capture.
Next Submission Deadline: 2/1/24
The Manufacture of Advanced Key Energy Infrastructure Technologies (MAKE IT)
The (MAKE IT) Prize aims to catalyze domestic manufacturing of critical clean energy technology components, moving manufacturing facilities from planning to shovel-ready and enabling strategies for vibrant manufacturing activities in communities. This prize, developed by the Office of Technology Transitions in partnership with the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has a prize pool of approximately $30 million spread across two tracks: Facilities and Strategies.
The Strategies Track aims to help build interest and engagement around manufacturing clean energy technologies and expand the potential for more clean energy jobs and economic opportunity. In this track, competitors will be asked to develop a roadmap to establishing clean energy manufacturing in their region and get a letter of commitment from an entity interested in establishing a facility in their region.
Next Submission Deadline: 2/1/24
The Solutions for Lasting, Viable Energy Infrastructure Technologies (SOLVE IT) Prize
The SOLVE IT Prize aims to help a growing number of communities identify and solve energy-related challenges in a way that works for them, while promoting wider, more equitable technology uptake.
Communities across the country are faced with long-standing energy challenges. Clean energy technologies can help address many of these challenges while providing other economic, health, and workforce benefits. Through the prize, competitors will work collaboratively with stakeholders interested in community-scale (neighborhood-, town-, or city-scale) clean energy strategic planning to engage their communities, build a network of support for promising energy projects, and develop plans for carrying them out.
Next Submission Deadline: 4/12/24
EnergyTech University Prize 2024
Sponsored by the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the American-Made EnergyTech University Prize (EnergyTech UP), where student teams compete for cash prizes for successfully identifying a promising energy technology, assessing its market potential, and creating a business plan for commercialization.
Starting in 2024, EnergyTech UP offers the ability for both students and faculty to compete in their own respective tracks.
Students: Develop and present a business plan that leverages National Laboratory-developed or other emerging energy technologies developed by students, faculty, or industry. Throughout the competition, they receive mentorship and materials to help them succeed, all while competing for part of $400,000+ in cash prizes.
Faculty: Develop and implement educational activities to engage more students in energy technology commercialization and entrepreneurship topics at their institution. While faculty have always been, and remain, welcome and encouraged to mentor a team competing in EnergyTech UP, this new track is designed to incentivize and support faculty directly, with $100,000 in cash prizes available.
Next Submission Deadline: 2/1/24
Technology Commercialization Internship
We are now accepting applications for our annual internship program. The Technology Commercialization Internship is a unique, paid opportunity for undergraduate STEM and business students to experience the DOE world-class National Laboratory system, boost their entrepreneurial thinking, and explore energy technology markets. Interns engage with National Laboratory mentors and learn about technologies at their partnered Laboratories. Parallel to working with the National Laboratories, students also participate in intensive commercialization training through an asynchronous Energy I-Corps curriculum. Instructors provide interns with lectures, resources, and online workshops to tie lab work to the broader I-Corps™ framework. By providing interns access to the best-in-class Energy I-Corps program, they enhance their education and training in entrepreneurship and energy technology-related fields while increasing future marketability in these disciplines.
Applications are now open for the Summer 2024 internship. Please apply here.
Applications due by 1/15/24
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking applications for the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR) Lab Call. Based on FY23, an estimated $37.7M–$44.7M is expected to be available to fund all projects solicited in this lab call pending FY24 appropriations and program direction. The total funding amount available will be applied once an official FY24 DOE budget is passed.
The FY24 CLIMR Lab Call represents the combined effort of 14 different DOE program offices and the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT), marking the highest number of participating offices in a CLIMR lab call to date. This lab call is funded by the Base Annual Appropriations Technology Commercialization Fund, which serves to improve America’s energy competitiveness and security by accelerating commercialization and shepherding critical energy technologies from the National Labs to the market, where the private sector will continue to innovate. This is the primary lab call for TCF Base for FY24.
Submission Deadline for concept papers: 1/16/24