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DOE Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP)

Status

Status not published

Each node runs its own annual cohort call, typically opening in the summer or autumn with a two-year fellowship start the following year.

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Amount
Not published

Fellows receive a stipend (historically around $100,000-$150,000 a year), plus fully funded access to national laboratory facilities, staff scientists and a mentor network for up to two years. Delivered through Cyclotron Road (Berkeley Lab), Chain Reaction Innovations (Argonne), Innovation Crossroads (Oak Ridge), West Gate (NREL) and Lab Embedded programmes at PNNL.

Funder

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Technology Transitions / EERE

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Deadline: One call a year — Each node runs its own annual cohort call, typically opening in the summer or autumn with a two-year fellowship start the following year.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Applicants are individual scientist-entrepreneurs, typically pre-incorporation or very early. Fellows must relocate to the host laboratory for the fellowship.

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Source. https://www.energy.gov/eere/lab-embedded-entrepreneurship-program · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.energy.gov

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