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Fiscal Year 2025 TCF Base CLIMR Lab Call Offers Critical Commercialization Support for National Laboratories, Plants, and Sites
October 17, 2024
Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Base Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR) Lab Call. This lab call represents collaboration among 14 DOE program offices and OTT, demonstrating DOE’s dedication to deploy lasting energy solutions from our renown National Lab, plant, and sites. Funded by the Base Annual Appropriations Technology Commercialization Fund, this initiative is designed to boost America’s energy competitiveness by facilitating the transition of critical technologies for use in the private sector. Proposals are invited to the following Topic Areas:
- Market Needs Assessment
- Curation of Intellectual Property (IP), Data, and Software
- Matchmaking
- Technology Specific Partnership Projects
- Enhancing Laboratory Processes
- Increasing Partnerships with External Commercialization Parties, Private Funders, Non-profits, and Agency- or Lab-Related Foundations
*See Topic Area 4 for nuclear-specific commercialization interests and priorities identified by the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE).
Key Dates: An informational webinar will be held for all potential applicants on October 30, 3–4 p.m. ET. The deadlines to submit concept papers and full applications are December 12, 3 p.m. ET and March 11, 3 p.m. ET, respectively.