Generate methods of microplastic detection in food that can be transformed into simple and inexpensive tests performed by consumers at home.

MPLAN prizes provide resources to MSIs to further develop ideas, facilitate research and development, and engage stakeholders.

Class of 2025-2026: Challenging multidisciplinary student teams to design and model solar-plus-storage systems for a campus or district.

Innovative and sustainable methods for enhancing the cutting efficiency and reducing the processing costs of dimensional lumber production.

Help electric utilities facilitate the transformation of digital systems, data analytics, and risk-informed resource integration

Seeking innovations to unlock new or expanded supply chains that can reintegrate end-of-use products into the economy before recycling

Prize pool of up to $4.1M to Tribal Colleges and Universities for creating projects at the intersection of energy and food sovereignty

Advancing energy programming, opportunities, and connections for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

The L-Prize will advance the state-of-the-art in LED lighting.

Designed to stimulate innovative approaches that reduce the costs and environmental impact of critical material recovery from e-scrap.

Prizes available to students who create/present an energy tech business plan & faculty who elevate energy entrepreneurship at their school.

The AlgaePrize is a national algal-based competition that challenges students to become the next generation of bioeconomy professionals.