Partnerships

UChicago and ETN member companies work together to scope and facilitate research projects, host thematic workshops and events, foster workforce development through internships and career opportunities and engage in other collaborative ideation to enable an affordable, reliable, and secure energy future.

The Network at University of Chicago will perform 3 key functions:

• Act as a Center of Excellence allowing convening of industry, academia and national lab experts in the energy field.
• Adopt a “Mine to Line” philosophy to explore the fundamental science necessary to solve industry relevant problems and drive the energy transition across the technical network from fundamental materials to the grid.
• Enable and accelerate the development and deployment of early stage technologies through various ecosystem partners in the Chicagoland and Great Lakes Region, including University of Chicago’s clean tech accelerator, Resurgence.

Companies can benefit from partnering with the Energy Transition Network in a variety of ways, including:

• Attend annual events and select ecosystem partnering events
• Gain access to cutting-edge facilities
• Recruit our top talent
• Collaborate one-on-one with faculty members
• Contribute to “AI for Science” supported by the Network
• Embed a visiting industry fellow
• Create university-industry collaboration teams
• Gain access to a commercialization engine