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Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Base Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR) is a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that funds efforts to accelerate commercialization of clean energy technologies developed at DOE National Laboratories. Announced October 17, 2024, this FY2025 lab call provides up to .
8 million across six topic areas: market needs assessment, IP and data curation, matchmaking and business incubation, technology-specific partnership projects, enhancing laboratory processes, and expanding partnerships with private and nonprofit commercialization parties. Focus areas include hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, direct air capture, advanced materials, and AI applications for energy systems.
Only DOE National Laboratories, plants, and sites are eligible to apply as lead entities.
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Lab Call: Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR) | Department of Energy Lab Call: Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR) Office : Office of Technology Transitions Lab call number : DE-LC-000L124 Funding Amount : Up to $36,800,000 On October 17, 2024 , the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $36.
8 million in funding for the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Base Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR) Lab Call. The goal of Technology Commercialization Fund is to improve America’s energy competitiveness and security by accelerating commercialization of critical clean energy technologies to market.
This lab call is funded by the Base Annual Appropriations Technology Commercialization Fund. This will be the primary lab call for TCF Base for FY25. Eligible applicants include DOE’s National Laboratories, plants, and sites.
This lab call has six top areas: Topic 1: Market Needs Assessment – Identify and analyze emerging market needs, competitive cost analysis, and public and private market trends to develop a strategy that will maximize success of technology commercialization from National Labs.
Topic 2: Curation of Intellectual Property (IP), Data, and Software – Develop and implement streamlined and innovative strategies for labs to connect their IP, data, and software to promising partners in the private sector. Topic 3: Matchmaking – Develop or expand business incubation programming to create new partnerships that will move National Lab-developed technologies to market.
Topic 4: Technology Specific Partnership Projects – Advance the commercialization of individual energy-related National Lab-developed technologies by demonstrating clear evidence of commercial potential that combines technology progress with market pull or interest.
Topic 5: Enhancing Laboratory Processes – Address barriers to effective and efficient implementation of National Lab processes to facilitate moving lab-developed, promising energy-related technologies toward commercialization.
Outline of Eligible FECM Technology Areas and Areas of Interest: Hydrogen with Carbon Management Technologies for High Purity Oxygen Separation from Air Accelerating Hydrogen and Natural Gas/Hydrogen Blend Gas Turbine Combustion Simulations with Stiff and Detailed Kinetics Using Machine Learning Tools Lower Cost Alloys for High Performance Energy Materials in Challenging Applications Carbon Transport and Storage Tools for Advancing the Deployment of CO2 Transport and Storage CO2 Transportation System Leak Detection and Monitoring Direct air capture supply chain mapping Mechanism to assess commercialization and market viability of CDR suppliers Emerging Thermochemical CO2 Conversion technologies Point Source Carbon Capture Enabling technological and engineering solutions to achieve high purity CO2 product streams for carbon transport and storage (CT&S) Advancing the co-design membranes, accelerated testing, and advanced manufacturing techniques for adoption of membrane-based CCS technologies Integrated CCS system digital twins Innovative cryogenic methods for CO2 purification from power or industrial point source facilities Advanced Remediation Technologies AI/ML Applications for Induced Seismicity Management in Oil and Gas Producing Basins of West Texas Capabilities Enhancements for Clean Hydrogen Production from Produced Water Subsurface Monitoring Capabilities Enhancements for Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS) Evaluation Technologies for Converting Stranded and Underutilized Natural Gas to Sustainable Industrial Chemicals and Carbon Products Topic 6: Increasing Partnerships with External Commercialization Parties, Private Funders, Non-profits, and Agency- or Lab-Related Foundations – Improve how labs attract, recruit, and retain external partners to further develop and commercialize technologies by decreasing barriers to working with the labs, increasing the number and diversity of private sector partners, and accelerating and deepening connectivity with diverse commercialization stakeholders.
DOE expects to award up to $36. 8 million across six topics, subject to appropriations. An informational webinar will be hosted on October 30, 2024, at 3:00 PM ET to discuss this funding opportunity as well as the application requirements.
Attending the informational webinar is not mandatory and will not positively or negatively impact the overall review of any applicant submissions.
NOI Issue Date: 09/10/2024 Lab Call Issue Date: 10/17/2024 Informational Webinar : 10/30/2024 at 3:00 PM ET Submission Deadline for Concept Papers: 12/12/2024 at 3:00 PM ET Submission Deadline for Full Applications: 03/11/2025 at 3:00 PM ET Expected Date for Selection Notifications: Q3 FY25 Past Selectees A detailed list of the selected projects from FY24 lab call can be found here .
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: DOE National Laboratories, plants, and sites are the only eligible applicants. Partners may include non-federal entities such as state and local governments, universities, nonprofits, and businesses. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows millions of dollars each year. FY 2025 awarded $35 million for 42 projects. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Base Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR): Commercialization Enabling Topic Lab Call is funded by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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