Federal Laboratory Consortium

The FLC and the NSWC Crane TTO had a great time at the Midwest Defense Innovation Summit sharing how to collaborate with federal labs. A big thank you to the Applied Research Institute for organizing this fantastic event! #MDIS2024

Visit the FLC booth today and tomorrow at the Midwest Defense Innovation Summit! Learn how we can help you leverage federal research, connect with resources and drive impactful solutions. See you at the Indiana Convention Center! #MDIS2024

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is investing $10 million in Duluth, Minnesota, Lane County, Oregon, and Nashville, Tennessee to support clean energy transitions! Through the Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) program, these areas will receive funding and technical assistance to develop local clean energy strategies, enhancing reliability and resilience. Learn more about these impactful projects: https://bit.ly/3BBWbfP

Join the FLC for a new episode of The Transfer Files, as we dive into how The National Institutes of Health is revolutionizing innovation with their Enterprise Technology Transfer System (ETT) in our latest episode featuring Tara Kirby, PhD, director of the NIH's Office of Technology Transfer. ?? What’s Inside: ?? Insights into NIH's tech transfer process ?? The impact of ETT on early-stage technologies ?? Future possibilities, including AI's role in tech transfer ?? Tune in now to explore how NIH's innovative approach is fast-tracking ideas from the lab to the marketplace! https://lnkd.in/gkxAzbhC

Don’t miss your chance to be part of the most prestigious federal technology transfer awards program in the country! The 2025 FLC Awards Program is accepting submissions until October 18! Submit for a national or regional award and celebrate alongside your colleagues at the FLC Awards Ceremony during the 2025 FLC National Meeting. This year’s categories have been updated to streamline the submission process—making it easier than ever to apply. Review the award categories and submit your application here: https://bit.ly/3XjI8Ts

Spotlight on Argonne National Laboratory Separations Technologies Separation processes are critical across industry verticals such as hydrogen, biofuels, biomanufacturing and water. One of the significant challenges is the high cost and energy intensity of product separations, purification, and recovery. Advances in separation technologies are needed to reduce energy use, harmful emissions, and overall process costs. This technology showcase will highlight opportunities for advanced materials and processes in separation technologies – with a particular emphasis on biomanufacturing/bioenergy and water applications – including technologies that are available for licensing.

Join the FLC TOMORROW – October 15, from 2 - 3 PM ET for a FREE technology showcase featuring cutting-edge advances in separation technologies. These innovations are critical across industries like hydrogen, biofuels, biomanufacturing, and water treatment. Discover how these advancements can help reduce energy use, emissions, and overall process costs. Learn about technologies available for licensing and explore opportunities to revolutionize your industry! https://bit.ly/3XR3BV6

Don’t miss your chance to be part of the most prestigious federal technology transfer awards program in the country! The 2025 FLC Awards Program is accepting submissions from July 8 – October 18, 2024. Submit for a national or regional award and celebrate alongside your colleagues at the FLC Awards Ceremony during the 2025 FLC National Meeting. This year’s categories have been updated to streamline the submission process—making it easier than ever to apply. Review the award categories and submit your application here: https://bit.ly/3XjI8Ts

U2opia Technology, a woman- and minority-led company, has licensed cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to boost real-time monitoring capabilities. The licensed tech, Situ, uncovers hard-to-detect security events, while Heartbeat focuses on physical device behavior to detect attacks. This exciting partnership, recognized by the FLC for excellence in tech transfer, showcases the power of national labs collaborating with small businesses to bring critical innovations to market. https://bit.ly/4eWzcut

A team of talented interns from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) have won a $75,000 DOE award to commercialize a carbon capture technology developed at NETL. The team, known as the “NETL Bees,” will further develop and bring to market a microwave-accelerated solvent regeneration process for CO2 capture—an innovative approach with potential to significantly reduce energy and water requirements. Learn more about this promising technology and the team behind it: https://lnkd.in/eUVUYi89