MAKE IT Prize Strategies Track

The Manufacture of Advanced Key Energy Infrastructure Technologies (MAKE IT) Prize aims to catalyze domestic manufacturing of critical clean energy technology components, moving manufacturing facilities from planning to shovel-ready and enabling strategies for vibrant manufacturing activities in communities. This prize, developed by the Office of Technology Transitions in partnership with the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has a prize pool of approximately $30 million spread across two tracks—the Facilities Track and the Strategies Track. 

The Strategies Track aims to help build interest and engagement around manufacturing clean energy technologies and expand the potential for more clean energy jobs and economic opportunity. In this track, competitors will  develop a roadmap to promote clean energy manufacturing activity in their region and provide a statement of interest from an entity interested in establishing a facility in their region. 

This page outlines the eligibility and track structure for the Strategies Track. More information on the Strategies Track and instructions for competing will be included in the official rules document, which will be released following the launch of the prize. 

For information on the Facilities Track, please visit the Facilities Track HeroX page.

Competitor Eligibility

The Strategies Track is open to teams working to promote manufacturing activity development in their regions. This includes, but is not limited to, teams of individuals, private entities (for-profits and nonprofits), consortiums, academic institutions, and nonfederal government entities (such as states, counties, Tribes, and municipalities) in the United States. More information on eligibility can be found in the official rules document. 

Track Structure

This track includes three phases. 

• Phase 1: Competitors submit a team or list of partners that is representative of all relevant stakeholders in the region, an engagement plan, and potential elements for a roadmap to regional clean energy manufacturing.
• Phase 2: Phase 1 winners submit an outline of their roadmap to regional clean energy manufacturing and associated pitch deck, as well as a list of the entities with whom they intend to discuss their roadmap. 
• Phase 3: Phase 2 winners submit the final roadmap and pitch deck and demonstrate interest from at least one private entity for the construction of a clean energy manufacturing facility. 

More information can be found in the official rules document.

The official rules document will be posted following the launch of the prize and will contain the complete application process and instructions for competing.

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