The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) announced the latest cohorts in its Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP). The 22 selected innovators will join an extensive network of mentors and experts at U.S. national laboratories to develop the next-generation technologies that will help pave the way to a clean-energy future.

The program is a two-year fellowship that places some of the nation’s brightest scientists and engineers with national laboratories. During the fellowship, they will perform critical research and development that will ultimately bring their technologies from lab to market. The program also helps these innovators develop their entrepreneurial acumen, preparing them to launch successful energy and manufacturing businesses.