The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) announced today 225 teams from 117 schools that will compete in the EnergyTech University Prize (EnergyTech UP) 2024.
Office of Technology Transitions
February 6, 2024
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Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) announced today 225 teams from 117 schools that will compete in the EnergyTech University Prize (EnergyTech UP) 2024 Student Track. These selected teams attend universities located across the United States, representing 39 states, plus the District of Columbia.
“We see immense value in supporting the next generation of clean energy leaders through EnergyTech UP” said DOE Chief Commercialization Officer and Director of OTT, Dr. Vanessa Z. Chan. “These teams are working to develop attainable, equitable, scalable energy technologies and business opportunities. They have the potential to profoundly impact the cleantech industry, and we’re proud to provide resources that can help bolster their ideas.”
Now entering its third year of competition, the EnergyTech UP Student Track asks collegiate teams to develop actionable plans for business and commercialization opportunities around high-potential energy technologies. Competitors also get free, exclusive access to OTT’s Energy I-Corps curriculum, and finalists receive mentorship from industry leaders to help them hone their proposals.
Participating in this prize can shape students’ future careers as engineers, policymakers, entrepreneurs, market analysts, and project developers.
Teams will compete for more than $400,000 in cash prizes through three phases––Explore, Refine, and Pitch––with Bonus Prize winners also being selected along the way. The first phase will culminate in regional Explore Events, where teams will present their proposals to a panel of judges in the hopes of being selected as a finalist.
Once finalists are selected, they will refine their ideas before pitching their complete business plans at Zpryme’s 2024 Energy Thought Summit in Austin, Texas, this April. EnergyTech UP’s winning collegiate teams will have successfully identified a promising energy technology, carefully assessed its market potential, and created a thorough business plan for commercialization.
Announcing the EnergyTech UP 2024 Collegiate Teams
Congratulations to the following schools selected to participate in the EnergyTech University Prize 2024:
- Alabama State University
- Arizona State University
- Baylor University
- Boise State University
- Boston University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Clark Atlanta University
- Cleveland State University
- College of William & Mary
- Colorado School of Mines
- Colorado State University
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Drexel University
- Duke University
- Emory University
- Endicott College
- Florida Institute of Technology
- Florida International University
- George Mason University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Hamline University
- Harvard University
- Hawai’i Pacific University
- Howard University
- Idaho State University
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Johns Hopkins University
- Kennesaw State University
- Lafayette College
- Lawrence Technological University
- Liberty University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Michigan State University
- Michigan Technological University
- Montana State University
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
- New York University
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
- North Carolina Central University
- Northeastern University
- Northwestern University
- Ohio University
- Oklahoma State University
- Oregon Institute of Technology
- Oregon State University
- Princeton University
- Purdue University
- Purdue University Northwest
- Rice University
- Rutgers University–New Brunswick
- Saint Paul College
- Savannah College of Art and Design
- Shepherd University
- Snow College
- Southern University Law Center
- Southern Utah University
- Stanford University
- Syracuse University
- Texas A&M University
- Texas Tech University
- The Ohio State University
- The University of Alabama
- The University of Chicago
- The University of New Orleans
- The University of Oklahoma
- The University of Texas at Austin
- The University of Texas at El Paso
- The University of Toledo
- The University of Utah
- Tufts University
- University at Buffalo
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- University of Arkansas
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Connecticut
- University of Florida
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- University of Houston
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- University of Louisville
- University of Maryland, College Park
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Montana
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- University of New Hampshire
- University of North Dakota
- University of North Florida
- University of North Texas
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Rochester
- University of South Carolina
- University of South Florida
- University of Southern California
- University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Vanderbilt University
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Yale University
Expanding EnergyTech UP’s Collegiate Impact
This year, the Energy Tech University Prize also offers an additional Faculty Track to directly support and incentivize collegiate faculty members. Faculty Track participants will compete for a total prize pool of $100,000 by developing proposals for implementation and expansion of their school’s energy technology commercialization or entrepreneurship activities. The deadline to submit applications to the Faculty Track’s Implement Phase is April 5, 2024.
Ten faculty teams were recently selected to participate in this three-phase competition, earning $4,000 each for their proposals. Competing faculty will be provided with targeted access to a DOE mentor and DOE resources.
Learn More
To learn more about the Student and Faculty tracks, follow along by visiting the EnergyTech UP HeroX page.
About the Department of Energy Office of Technology Transitions
The Department of Energy Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) is one of the largest supporters of technology commercialization in the federal government. Founded in 2015, OTT bolsters the technology industry's market skills and enables clean energy technologies to progress through research, development, demonstration, and to deployment into the private sector to meet our nation’s climate goals. Visit us at energy.gov/technologytransitions to learn more, and subscribe to receive our latest opportunities and accomplishments via email. Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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