The labs can and should be a regional economic engine.

Time for the National Labs to Go Local

The President’s FY2014 budget would create eight new incubator programs at the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

DOE Proposes Expanding High Impact Energy Innovation Incubator Program

The administration should expand the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program, which fosters entrepreneurship that can lead to the commercialization of technology that has been supported previously through NSF-funded research.

To Do: Expand NSF’s I-Corps Program

To Do: Expand NSF's I-Corps Program

As David Hart and Stephen Ezell writes for Crain’s Cleveland Business, bringing the Energy Department’s voucher program to all national labs could help small businesses across the country.

Small Business Voucher Program Helps Accelerate Energy Innovation

This panel discussion investigated methods for speeding the path from research to market.

Innovation, Technology Transfer & Commercialization

To jumpstart FESI, we are seeking promising project opportunities that would advance the DOE mission through collaboration with private sector and philanthropic partners.

Jumpstarting FESI: Seeking Bold Ideas for a New Energy Innovation Foundation

Policy should be reformed to better integrate the national labs with regional economies.

Going Local: Connecting the National Labs to their Regions for Innovation and Growth

DOE invests about $14 billion per year in its 17 national research laboratories. That is a lot of money, and it supports many brilliant minds, but too often the ideas these investments lead to, and the skills that they nurture, are trapped inside the fence line of the labs.

To Do: Expand DOE’s LEEP Program

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Time for the National Labs to Go Local

DOE Proposes Expanding High Impact Energy Innovation Incubator Program

To Do: Expand NSF’s I-Corps Program