The Department of Energy (DOE) entered into two new Partnership Intermediary Agreements (PIAs) with ConnectWerx and TechWerx, building on the successful PIA Pilot with ENERGYWERX. The new partner intermediaries (PIs) will support the development of critical PIA activities including stakeholder outreach and convening, rapid prototyping. market analysis, technology scouting, and STEM education.
Office of Technology Transitions
September 12, 2024
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Energy (DOE) entered into two new Partnership Intermediary Agreements (PIAs) with ConnectWerx and TechWerx, building on the successful PIA Pilot with ENERGYWERX. The new partner intermediaries (PIs) will support the development of critical PIA activities including stakeholder outreach and convening, rapid prototyping. market analysis, technology scouting, and STEM education.
Leveraging proven methods and practices developed over the first year of the PIA Pilot, TechWerx and ConnectWerx will increase cooperative and joint activities between DOE and small business firms, institutes of higher education, non-traditional performers, and innovative collaborators enabling the rapid development, scaling, commercialization, and deployment of relevant technologies and solutions.
For a comprehensive understanding of PIAs, please refer to the "U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY INTERIM PILOT GUIDE". This guide offers detailed information regarding the governance and use of a PIA under the Department's Partnership Intermediary Pilot, aimed to benefit stakeholders across the DOE.
ENERGYWERX, TechWerx and ConnectWerx represent DOE’s PI team and will collectively assist in administering programs and accelerating partnership formation in support of DOE’s missions to expand development and deployment of clean energy solutions, heighten energy security, and strengthen national security ecosystems. Since April 2023, DOE’s PIA Pilot has executed 34 projects totaling nearly $234M in funding across more than 15 DOE offices. These projects span key DOE priorities such as American manufacturing, siting and permitting, tribal and community engagement, informing DOE decision-making, and accelerating technology commercialization.
ENERGYWERX, TechWerx and ConnectWerx are partnerships that were openly competed and awarded through a Broad Agency Announcement. DOE’s PIA service is led by the DOE Office of Technology Transitions and is available to support all DOE program offices.
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