The Keeling Curve Prize is looking for projects with a proven track record of taking greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. We’ve developed five categories, each one addressing a specific sector of climate innovation: Carbon Sinks, Energy, Finance, Social & Cultural Pathways, Transport & Mobility.
Bethesda Green’s Accelerator is the cornerstone of Bethesda Green’s Innovation Lab program, an expansive suite of programming designed to support entrepreneurs through all stages of their business life cycle.
The Accelerator program is a fast-paced, high-touch, 4-month intensive curriculum. Each cohort launches in early January, utilizing an online platform to manage curriculum, and facilitate mentor engagement and feedback to entrepreneurs.
Bethesda Green seeks to build a cohort that reflects the diverse population of the region and encourages applications from people of color, women and non-binary founders, and members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community. Bethesda Green does not discriminate based on age, sex, race, religious creed, sexual orientation, disability, or ethnic or national origin.
Specific areas of focus include: Environment (climateTech, blueTech, natural resources, circular economy, and sustainable fashion) and sustainable food cycle: AgTech, food & beverage, packaging, manufacturing, distribution, and retail).
Through this FOA, DOE will invest $10 million to carry out project design, transmission studies, power market assessments, and permitting for a pumped storage hydropower (PSH) project to facilitate the long-duration storage of intermittent renewable electricity. Eligibility for this FOA is limited to projects that have received a FERC preliminary permit, and are working toward licensing a PSH project with at least 1000 MW capacity that can participate in multiple markets and store intermittent renewable energy generated on tribal lands.
Patents protect inventions so that inventors can focus on their work and be compensated for it. But many people don’t know how to navigate the patenting process, or even where to start. That’s why The Inventor’s Patent Academy was created. This free, one-of-a-kind, e-learning course aims to help people understand the patenting process and get them ready to apply for their own patent. It also explores challenges inventors may face along the way—particularly those that typically affect women, people of color, veterans, low-income individuals, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented inventors—and provides advice to overcome them.
This $5.75 million prize was launched by the Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) to pave the way for the cost-effective domestic manufacturing and deployment of commercial utility-scale floating offshore wind energy turbines in U.S. waters. Up to eight winning teams will receive $100,000 each in cash and $75,000 each in vouchers for technical support provided by DOE national laboratories. The winning Phase 1 submissions will be those teams that have:
The Regional Energy Accelerator for Commercializing Hardtech (REACH) is now accepting applications from energy hardtech startups, entrepreneurs, university faculty, and founders to join the 2023 cohort! Application deadline is November 18th, 2022 and teams will be notified by December 16th.
The program provides hardtech-based consulting, prototyping, testing, technoeconomic analysis support, market research, and other business support services to startup companies located throughout mid-America / the Rocky Mountains Great Plains region. Accepted founders receive 12 months of support at NO cost!
Small businesses, currently located in Michigan, can apply for loans for qualified energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy projects.
Projects must be: Ready-To-Go no later than 30 calendar days of the loan agreement effective date; Reduce energy consumption by at least 20% (building retrofits); Equipment purchases for general- and advanced-manufacturing of commercially available products (retooling); and Contribute to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
One million five hundred dollars (1.5M) in loan funds are available for eligible projects. Loan requests should be between $50,000-350,000, and limited to supplies, materials and equipment costs only. This solicitation is open until all available funds are exhausted.
The Business Accelerator Fund (BAF) is available to participating business accelerators in Michigan’s statewide SmartZone network. These funds are used toward the delivery of specialized services that are not otherwise available from these business accelerators to assist advanced technology companies regardless of the company’s geography. A participating business accelerator will engage a third-party specialist to help advance the client’s path to commercialization, company success, and economic impact for the state of Michigan.
BAF requests are reviewed and awarded through a competitive process. A company may not receive more than $50,000 in BAF services, though most engagements are in the $7,000 to $15,000 range.
Project Enginuity, a National SBIR Accelerator, was designed to accelerate and empower Black, Hispanic, Latino and women innovators led by the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce’s Minority Business Partnership (DACC MBP) in collaboration with the Entrepreneurs’ Center (EC) and support from Chase.
Program participants receive expert training, which supports their application for necessary funding via Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards. Businesses that receive non-dilutive capital from SBIR are able to explore their technological potential, profit from commercialization and build long-term wealth.
The partnership helps to support and accelerate climate tech and clean energy hardware startups in the Greater Midwest. Partners support startups and small businesses via tailored accelerator programs, virtual and in-person events, sector-specific curriculum, mentorship, prototyping resources, and connections with industry.
