The Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) is a U.S. Department of Energy program that helps move innovations developed at DOE National Laboratories, plants, and sites into the marketplace. Established by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, TCF invests millions of dollars each year to bridge the gap between research and commercial application.
The program supports partnerships between DOE facilities and industry, universities, and other organizations to advance technologies with strong market potential. By sharing costs with private and public partners, TCF strengthens the lab-to-market pipeline, fosters collaboration, and ensures that federally funded research delivers tangible benefits to the nation’s economy and energy security.
Lab Calls
Fiscal Year 2026 TCF Base Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR): Commercialization Enabling Topic Lab Call
On February 18, 2026, DOE issued a call for proposals from DOE National Laboratories, plants, and sites for the Fiscal Year 2026 TCF Base Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR) Lab Call: Commercialization Enabling Topic. The goal of this lab call is to accelerate National Laboratory, plant, and site commercialization activities by streamlining and enhancing the programs, tools, systems, and approaches that enable commercialization.
- Concept Paper Submission Deadline: 4/1/2026 3:00 PM ET
- Full Application Submission Deadline: 6/16/2026 3:00 PM ET
- View Full Application Reviewer Comments Period: 7/16/2026 3:00 PM ET – 7/21/2026 3:00 PM ET
Are you interested in supporting DOE technology commercialization, but not a DOE lab? Join the Teaming Partner List to let our labs, plants, and sites know you’re available to help: DOE: CMEI eXCHANGE: Teaming Partners
Please note, for FY26 and FY27, DOE will release two CLIMR lab calls. This lab call is exclusively for the Commercialization Enabling Topic. The second lab call will be exclusively for the Technology Specific Topics and will be released later this year to allow for program office realignment to settle and for technical priorities to be defined. Across the two lab calls, DOE will utilize funds from FY26 and FY27. Therefore, the Commercialization Enabling Topic will not be open for applications again until the FY28 CLIMR lab call.
Fiscal Year 2025 TCF Base Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR) Lab Call
On October 17, 2024, DOE issued a call for proposals from DOE National Laboratories, plants, and sites for the Fiscal Year 2025 TCF Base Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR) Lab Call. The goal of the lab call is to improve America’s energy competitiveness and security by accelerating commercialization of critical energy technologies to market. The final submission deadline was March 27, 2025.
On August 29, 2025, DOE announced $35 million for 42 selected projects. The selected projects will leverage over $21 million in cost share from private and public partners, bringing total funding to more than $57.5 million. See the full project list here. Fiscal Year 2025 CLIMR Projects: Commercializing Energy Technologies.
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