CRI’s call for applications to Cohort 2026 encourages innovations in energy and deep-tech that can leverage the expertise and tools at Argonne National Laboratory. Applications are judged based on the fit with Argonne’s resources and expertise, technology potential, and innovator merit. Technology areas that are responsive to this call include but are not limited to: 

• Advanced materials
• Industrial efficiency technologies
• Manufacturing digitization
• Advanced manufacturing processes
• Energy-water nexus
• Advanced computing technologies
• Semiconductor manufacturing
• Energy technologies and Their Manufacturing
• Grid Components
• Grid energy storage
• Critical mineral and materials
• Recovery, Reuse, and Recycling Technologies
• Building Energy Technologies
• Platform technologies to advance scientific research
• Transportation Efficiency
• Power & electric utility related technologies and solutions
• Other technologies that further the DOE's mission of ensuring America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy and nuclear challenges.