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The National Laboratory of the Rockies' (NLR) Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) helps turn economically viable advanced energy innovations into competitive, real-world solutions.
This website serves as the application and data-collection portal for the following programs, which are administered by the IEC.
 | Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) By bridging the gap between cutting-edge startups and market adopters, IN2 accelerates real-world implementation and scaling of transformative technologies in the built environment and infrastructure sectors. |
 | Shell Gamechanger Powered by NREL (GCxN) The GCxN provides promising energy start-ups with access to financial resources, state-of-the-art facilities, and world-class technical experts. |
 | Chevron Studio Chevron Studio is a one-of-a-kind program designed to help entrepreneurs build companies by linking them with world-class, early-stage technologies developed at national labs and universities. The program provides assistance to entrepreneurs to help them scale-up and commercialize these technologies. |
 | West GateThe West Gate Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program offers promising entrepreneurs a career-changing opportunity to access NLR's expertise and capabilities to speed the development of their startup's core technologies. |
 | Energy I-Corps Energy I-Corps is a key initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Technology Commercialization, which sends teams of researchers and industry mentors through an immersive two-month training where the researchers define technology value propositions, conduct stakeholder discovery interviews, and develop viable market pathways for their technologies. |
 | Industry Growth ForumThe Industry Growth Forum is a premier event for technology collaboration and advancement. Drawing on three decades of experience, it features pitch competitions for entrepreneurs and provides one-on-one networking to connect investors and innovators. |