DOE Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP) recruits the best and brightest minds from across the clean and renewable energy sector through a national call for a two-year funded fellowship. The primary purpose of this fellowship is to provide fellows who have early-stage clean energy startups and/or emerging technologies with the support needed to develop and transition their ideas into the market. These entrepreneurs are embedded for a period of two years at one of four national labs where they are mentored by a lab scientist. In addition, LEEP also provides support at the local, regional, and national levels including entrepreneurship training and a networking ecosystem to eliminate the hurdles traditionally faced by early-stage cleantech startups.