The Laboratory Director Jill Hruby Postdoctoral Fellowship is specifically designed to empower and cultivate early career researchers in the fields of engineering and science, fostering their passion for technical leadership careers in the realm of national security. Jill Hruby Fellows will embark on independent research endeavors that align with Sandia’s overarching mission: the development of cutting-edge technologies to ensure global peace. With the privilege of proposing their own research topics, fellows will gain unparalleled access to Sandia’s state-of-the-art facilities and collaborate with some of the nation’s most brilliant scientists and engineers.

Activate transforms scientists and engineers into founders, empowering them to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. The two-year Activate Fellowship provides early-stage science entrepreneurs with funding, technical resources, and unparalleled support from a network of scientists, engineers, investors, commercial partners, and fellow entrepreneurs.

BE Fellows is a global climate program founded by Bill Gates. We provide critical support to scientists, innovators, and entrepreneurs with early-stage breakthrough climate technologies - tech with substantial technical risk still to overcome. The Innovator program offers funding, active technology management, access to BE’s world-class network of partners and experts, and top-of-the-line entrepreneurship curriculum. These tools ensure early-stage startups have the resources they need to advance toward commercialization.

West Gate at NREL is now accepting applications for its 5th Cohort. The program is seeking talented scientists, engineers, inventors, and founding entrepreneurs with promising technologies to commercialize and who are interested in embedding at NREL. The 2-year program will support selected innovators with non-dilutive funding, resources, and entrepreneurial mentorship over a two-year runway.

Join us for an event that brings together industry, academia, government and policy-makers to advance innovation in the solar power industry.

Weekly Energy Symposium ft. Xi Chen

Weekly Energy Symposium ft. Michael Howland

Weekly Energy Symposium ft. Chris Kennedy

SAVE THE DATE: UTCCS-8 will take place between January 27–29, 2026. Please note: January 27 will be the open house day, and January 28 & 29 will be closed for sponsors’ of the Gulf Coast Carbon Center (GCCC) and the Texas Carbon Management Program (TxCMP)

UT Energy Week connects students, researchers, faculty, energy professionals, and industry leaders across disciplines and sectors to build community, support energy literacy and education, facilitate strategic partnerships, and advance research.