Programs
The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center develops technology incubation programs and other solutions for public and private partners to solve environmental challenges, provide cutting-edge and de-risked solutions to meet sustainability goals, and bolster innovation.
Our proven model can be adapted to meet specific needs and leverage the world-class facilities and expertise of NREL and our partners.
Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator
Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) supports startups that work in commercial buildings, affordable housing, and sustainable agriculture technologies with product development and validation at NREL and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
Shell GameChanger Accelerator Powered by NREL
Shell Gamechanger AcceleratorTM Powered by NREL (GCxN) provides cleantech startups with access to NREL's world-class research and facilities, along with the incubation expertise of the Shell GameChanger program.
Chevron Studio
Chevron Studio links entrepreneurs with national laboratories and universities to scale up and commercialize innovative, early-stage technologies that have the potential to enable a lower-carbon future.
Energy I-Corps
Energy I-Corps is an entrepreneurial business training program for research teams from the national laboratories that have technologies that may be ready for commercialization. This program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Technology Transitions.
West Gate
West Gate supports promising innovators as they develop technology concepts into startups that are primed for growth. Selected innovators are equipped with funding, entrepreneurial training, and technical assistance to speed their commercialization efforts.
Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator
The Clean Energy Cybersecurity AcceleratorTM offers a visionary path to accelerate cyber innovation for modern, renewable energy technologies around high-priority cybersecurity risks to the energy sector.
Canadian Technology Assistance Program
Canadian startups present their clean technologies to NREL researchers and receive feedback and support.
Small Business Program
Small Business Program connects NREL with small and disadvantaged businesses that offer the goods and services needed for the lab to operate.
NREL Technical Assistance Program
The Technical Assistance Program connects emerging cleantech companies with NREL's scientists, engineers, and facilities to answer specific technology questions.
American-Made Challenges
In addition to the partnership programs above, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center assists with the American-Made Challenges competition, which accelerates manufacturing for the U.S. domestic energy industry. This competition offers awards in numerous energy innovation technologies that feature domestic manufacturing.
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