The mission of the Integrated Strategies Office is to accelerate clean energy transitions equitably by:

  • managing programs and initiatives focused on delivering value to communities
  • conducting modeling, analysis, and evaluation to inform priorities for clean energy investment
  • ...and providing strategic advice and coordination services to EERE leadership and staff.

The Integrated Strategies Office oversees activities related to the following strategic priorities:

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in STEM

The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) team manages prizes and workforce development programs targeted at minority-serving institutions (MSIs), minority business enterprises, and other diverse professional organizations. This team also ensures that all recipients of EERE funding integrate diversity and equity in their own work. Key workforce development initiatives include the Faculty-Applied Clean Energy Sciences (FACES) Program and Graduate Education for Minority Students (GEM) Fellowship. The HBCU Clean Energy Education Prize awards $7.5 million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities to expand clean energy education and job opportunities for students. In addition, the DEIA in STEM team manages EERE’s sponsorship of FIRST Robotics, a robot-building competition for high school students.

Contact: diversityinstem@ee.doe.gov 

EERE International

EERE International coordinates engagement with strategically important countries, multilateral organizations, and American industry partners to grow the market for U.S. clean energy technologies and accelerate the clean energy transition. The team works to promote EERE priorities at international engagements, facilitate and support technical exchanges with international partners, and provide targeted technical assistance.

Contact: eereinternational@ee.doe.gov

Energy Equity and Environmental Justice

The Energy Equity and Environmental Justice (EEEJ) team runs technology-agnostic prizes focused on clean energy and economic development in disadvantaged communities and ensures EERE aligns its efforts with the Justice40 Initiative, which directs 40% of the overall benefits from federal investments to flow to disadvantaged communities. For example, the Community Energy Innovator Prize awards organizations and college students for developing and carrying out clean energy activities that promote business and technology incubation as well as other community-based capacity building, innovation, and entrepreneurship. In addition, the team advises EERE tech offices on incorporating energy equity and environmental justice in their programs and funding opportunities and provides guidance and training on EEEJ issues.

Contact: enviromentaljustice@ee.doe.gov

Energy Transitions and Communities

This team leads EERE’s work with states and local communities to support their strategic clean energy and resilience planning.  For isolated and vulnerable communities, EERE accomplishes this objective through the Energy Transitions Initiative and ETI’s technical assistance delivery arm, the ETI Partnership Project (ETIPP). ETIPP leverages national labs and regional partners to respond to communities’ energy priorities while expanding their resources and capacity. With focus areas including Social Science for Energy Transition and energy resilience, the Energy Transitions and Communities team also works closely with the EEEJ portfolio on programs for disadvantaged communities.

Contact: communities@ee.doe.gov

Good Jobs and Workforce Development

The Good Jobs and Workforce Development team promotes economic justice in the clean energy transition through high-quality careers for disadvantaged populations. Their work focuses on middle-skill occupations (e.g., the construction trades-workers, mechanics, production-line workers) and linking the demand and supply sides of the labor market to ensure workforce investments lead to quality career pathways—all in support of a fair and inclusive clean energy economy. Among other programs, the team manages the Clean Energy Innovator Fellowship, which sends qualified recent graduates and energy professionals to support electric cooperatives, grid operators, municipal utilities, public utility commissions, state energy offices, and Tribal entities in advancing clean energy solutions.

Contact: goodjobs@ee.doe.gov

Metrics, Measurement and Evaluation

The Metrics, Measures, and Evaluation team supports the development of rigorous impact evaluations of EERE’s work by independent third parties. The team collaborates with EERE offices to establish frameworks for data collection and reporting, providing them with guidance on methodologies and approaches for program-specific evaluations. 

Contact: evaluation@ee.doe.gov

Strategic Analysis

The mission of EERE Strategic Analysis is to provide evidence-based, portfolio-wide analysis for energy decision makers in EERE and beyond. The team performs cross-cutting, gap-filling, and corporate analysis associated with the research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) of EERE technologies. The team also develops tools and methodologies to enable consistent evaluation and analysis across EERE and serves a leadership role in related analysis across DOE, other government agencies, and external stakeholders. Flagship reports funded by EERE include Standard Scenarios and the Annual Technology Baseline.

Contact: strategicanalysis@ee.doe.gov