The Department of Energy (DOE) is playing an important role in assisting U.S. industry for mutual benefit. DOE's laboratories and facilities have expertise in many areas that support key national missions and are also critical to major high-technology industries and services. Technology collaborations between industry and DOE laboratories can mutually utilize each others' resources to meet common or compatible objectives.
By accessing capabilities and talent found in DOE laboratories, industrial partners gain valuable benefits, such as reduction of their technical risk, and access to unique facilities and people with skills outside the scope of their own workforce. At the same time, the Department can strengthen its mission R&D and keep vital technological capabilities at the leading edge.
Successful collaborations benefit the industry and the DOE laboratory partners far more than the mere sum of the parts. Both parties save money by doing the research together rather than separately. But, more importantly, both gain from access to each other's brain-power, technology, know-how, facilities, and culture.
When entering into collaborations, DOE follows five simple principles:
As you proceed to use this home page, please bear in mind that technology transfer can take many forms. In many instances the Department may suggest that procurements or grants be cost-shared. In other instances technology already produced can be licensed. The Department has facilities that can be used by others under various cost arrangements. Increasingly, R&D projects are being jointly developed with cost-sharing but no federal funds going to our partners. This home page seeks to help you understand what DOE is doing and what technological capabilities we have that are relevant to your needs. It also seeks to explain the various partnership mechanisms.