July 20, 2021, Announcements

Apply for CRI's Cohort 6

Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the entrepreneurship program at Argonne National Laboratory, will begin accepting applications on September 21 for Cohort 6. Entrepreneurs in any technology area that can leverage Argonne’s resources in partnership with the Advanced Manufacturing Office of the Department of Energy (DOE) are… Read More

June 8, 2021, Announcements

DOE Selects the Midwest Regional Innovation Partnership for Award from Energy Program for Innovation Clusters

CHICAGO, IL – June 8, 2021 – Clean Energy Trust, Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University, mHUB, and Spark Innovation Center today announced that their Midwest Regional Innovation Partnership was selected for an award of over $900,000… Read More

January 18, 2021, Announcements

National Labs, Polsky Center, and I-Corps Create Commercialization Partnership

A unique partnership between two of the Department of Energy’s Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Programs (LEEP) and the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) I-Corps Program will offer valuable additional support for early-stage clean energy startups. Innovators in Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) and Innovation Crossroads (IC) will receive… Read More

January 12, 2021, Announcements

Cohort 5 Virtual Pitch Competition Slated for February 9th – 10th

Through an annual call, four to six startups are selected to join Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), a two-year program for innovators focused on energy and science technologies. Program participants will receive financial and technical support to mature and de-risk their technologies to the proof-of-concept level. Read More

December 2, 2020, Announcements

Semi-finalists Chosen for Cohort 5

Thirty-two individuals comprising 29 startups were chosen to advance to the semi-finals and compete to join Chain Reaction Innovations’ Cohort 5. A broad range of energy innovations are represented in this year’s applicants, including building technologies, quantum information systems, manufacturing, materials, energy storage and renewable… Read More

November 6, 2020, Announcements

Demo Day 2020 Goes Virtual

In a normal year, some of the brightest entrepreneurs in America might market their technologies to industry representatives at an evening soiree in a downtown skyscraper. But this year, startups embedded in three national laboratories – which are making a name for themselves as innovators… Read More

July 15, 2020, Announcements

Call for Cohort 5 Applications

Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the entrepreneurship program at Argonne National Laboratory, will begin accepting applications on September 15 for cohort 5. Entrepreneurs in any technology area that can leverage Argonne’s resources in partnership with the Advanced Manufacturing Office of the Department of Energy (DOE) are… Read More

April 20, 2020, Announcements

Cohort 4 Innovators Chosen

Six new innovators will be joining Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the entrepreneurship program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory, as part of the elite program’s fourth cohort. The six will join the two-year program starting this June, and each innovator… Read More

January 24, 2020, Announcements

Cohort 4 Finals feature 15 teams

After receiving a record-breaking 156 applications, Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) evaluated 35 semifinalists during five days of semifinal pitch competition webinars.  Now 15 teams of innovators will be vying for a spot in CRI’s Cohort 4 at the CRI Finals Pitch Competition, 9:00 a.m. –… Read More

December 18, 2019, Announcements

Semifinalists chosen from record number of applicants for Cohort 4

Semifinalists have been chosen to advance in the competition to join Chain Reaction Innovations’ (CRI’s) Cohort 4.  In September and October 2019, a record-breaking 156 applications were submitted in CRI’s annual call for entries.  After reviews from staff and the CRI Scientific Review Board to narrow… Read More