May 8, 2019, Announcements

Argonne’s Chain Reaction Innovations appoints first advisory council

Lemont IL (May 8, 2019) — World-class energy leaders will offer their expertise to Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the entrepreneurship program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, as part of a new Advisory Council announced today. Argonne is operated… Read More

April 24, 2019, Announcements

Five new innovators join Chain Reaction Innovations in third cohort

Argonne helps innovators accelerate energy and science tech-to-market Lemont, IL (April 24, 2019) — Five 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 third cohort. Read More

March 5, 2019, Announcements

CRI project aims to fill critical computing needs

Research team from Chain Reaction Innovations Cohort 2 harnesses Center for Nanoscale Materials power to explore emerging materials for energy-efficient computing.   The demand for computing power continues to accelerate with each passing year as consumers grow ever more reliant on smart phones and the… Read More

February 14, 2019, Announcements

Mesodyne Awarded a Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation

Small Business Innovation Research Program Provides Seed Funding for R&D Mesodyne, Inc has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $224,362 to conduct research and development (R&D) work on a scalable photonic crystal fabrication process for mesoscale… Read More

January 24, 2019, Announcements

Cohort 3 Final Pitch Competition

February 7, 2019 | 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Building 240 View Replay Through an annual call, four to six teams are selected to join Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), a two-year program for innovators focused on energy and science technologies. Read More

August 28, 2017, Announcements

Science entrepreneurship competition with up to $420,000 award opens Sept. 5

Building an energy or materials science technology is difficult. Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) can help you do that by providing business planning and technical mentorship, up to $200,000 in a fellowship grant, and up to $220,000 to spend on research work at Argonne National Laboratory. Read More

January 11, 2017, Announcements

Clean Energy Trust Challenge Accepting Applications Until Jan. 17

The Clean Energy Trust (CET) Challenge is one of the nation’s largest fundraising events for energy tech startups. This is the eight year of the program and the third consecutive year that CET has committed to invest $1,000,000 in cleantech startups in the Midwest. The… Read More

December 19, 2016, Announcements

CRI Announces First Cohort and Mentor Partners

In an event today with U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and Senator Dick Durbin (D-III) at the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the Midwest’s first entrepreneurship program to embed innovators in a national laboratory, announced the… Read More