About this archived opportunity

This lab call represents the combined effort of five distinct U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program offices and the Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC). The DOE Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) was established by Congress through the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and reauthorized by the Energy Act of 2020 to “promote promising energy technologies for commercial purposes.” The DOE TCF is a primary component of DOE’s ongoing effort to commercialize the cutting-edge technologies in which DOE invests. These technologies, developed with taxpayer funding, comprise a portfolio of energy-related technologies that have the potential to improve the lives of Americans and solve many of our country’s most pressing economic, energy security, and national security challenges.For Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) and Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27), DOE continues to implement and improve upon the previous year’s (FY25) approach for TCF, addressing persistent barriers to commercialization, bridging known gaps that deter the commercialization of laboratory technologies, and identifying where improvements are still needed. The intent of the Commercialization Enabling Topic is to accelerate National Laboratory commercialization activities by streamlining and enhancing the programs, tools, systems, and approaches that enable commercialization. Investments made through the TCF will fill in missing infrastructure pieces and strengthen existing components by addressing core commercialization challenges, barriers, and gaps, as well as their root causes (inside and outside of the labs).Navigate to Teaming Partner List (TPL) to access the Teaming Partner List for this solicitation.