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. For this lab call, DOE is seeking proposals from DOE’s National Labs to advance the commercialization of individual energy-related technologies paired with commercialization partner(s). DOE TCF funding for this lab call is directly distributed to DOE National Laboratories to enable the commercialization of National Laboratory developed technologies. Examples of projects funded in FY25 can be found on DOE’s TCF website.

This lab call is being issued by DOE’s OTC, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER); the Office of Electricity (OE); the Office of Nuclear Energy (NE); the Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office (HGEO), and the Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI).

Navigate to Teaming Partner List (TPL-0000077) to access the Teaming Partner List for this solicitation.