We are now accepting applications for Cohort 2025! If you want to take your idea to impact, apply by October 23, 2024.
Our program empowers entrepreneurial scientists to take their innovation to impact by offering knowledge, resources, and connections. Cyclotron Road is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), which partners with Activate to provide a world-class fellowship.
Our program provides fellows with a living stipend, research funding, entrepreneurial training in collaboration with our non-profit partner Activate, and access to the multidisciplinary expertise and facilities at Berkeley Lab.
Since 2015, Cyclotron Road fellows have advanced 74 companies, raised over $1.85 billion in follow-on funding, hired over 1400 employees, and introduced new products across industries, including energy, agriculture, and manufacturing.
Learn more about today’s innovators tackling the challenges of tomorrow.
Our program connects participants with Berkeley Lab’s experts in a wide range of scientific disciplines and access to the Lab’s advanced research capabilities. We manage dedicated, programmatic lab space with a variety of existing resources, which can complement collaborator and User Facility lab spaces.