Cradle to Commerce Open for Pre-Applications for Researchers and Entrepreneurs
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- TDSN-001
- Agency
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Department of Energy
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541330 Engineering Services
- Place of performance
- Idaho 83401, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Special Notice announces the Cradle to Commerce (C2C) program open application period for entrepreneurs and researchers. Published by the Department of Energy, C2C is a public-private initiative that aims to accelerate climate technology commercialization by providing support such as coaching, mentoring, prototyping access, and intellectual property use.
The C2C program seeks to drive the steady development and at-scale commercialization of critical climate technologies within 3-5 years. It supports national lab inventors, academics, small businesses, and diverse entrepreneurs in advancing over 100 identified lab inventions toward market impact. Eligible applicants have until December 10 to apply for the 2024 cohort and gain business skills training, test bed access, and potential funding to hybridize or commercialize vetted climate solutions. The notice outlines the program's objective to speed climate tech entrepreneurship and outlines eligibility and participation details.
Notice text
Calling all entrepreneurs and scientists: Join the fight against climate change by bringing national lab #innovations to the market. C2C brings together 100+ cutting-edge national lab techs, 50+ test beds and prototyping facilities, and a suite of expert mentors. Apply to join #C2C’s Legion by Dec. 10 to help accelerate #climatetech solutions to impact: https://c2c.lbl.gov/apply.
About Cradle to Commerce (C2C):
Four national labs and three technology incubators have launched C2C as a public-private program to accelerate equitable climate-tech entrepreneurship and speed the commercialization of groundbreaking climate technologies for the world. C2C is funded by DOE’s Technology Commercialization Fund administered by the Office of Technology Transitions.
C2C has identified the ~100 most critical intellectual properties from national labs with credible demand required to combat climate change through market and societal demand assessments, accounting for total addressable markets and component and systems levels of technology. This initiative is driving a steady climate tech pipeline with pathways to at-scale commercialization within 3-5 years, opportunistically selecting major wins with a longer-term horizon.
C2C leverages partnerships with top incubators across the country to convert science into on-the-ground products with high, measurable, rapid impact.
Who We Support?
Who We Support?
Inventors from National Labs
by providing coaching for pitch skills, mentoring for business models, and access to pilots, prototyping, and investments to advance their pre-commercial IP toward commercialization
Academics & Small Businesses
by helping them hybridize their technology with complementary lab IP and providing access to myriad test beds, prototyping spaces, and scientist-mentors
Diverse Entrepreneurs
by giving them ideas or providing access to intellectual property for scientifically-vetted climate technology that they can advance to market impact
C2C is open for the 2024 Legion. To apply, head over to https://c2c.lbl.gov/apply.
To see if you or your organization is eligible, please visit: https://c2c.lbl.gov/about/application-eligibility
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