See The Next Big Thing In Innovation
The American-Made program is your fast track to the clean energy revolution. Powered by the U.S. Department of Energy, with support from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, we incentivize innovation through prizes, training, teaming, and mentoring, connecting the nation’s entrepreneurs and innovators to America’s national labs and the private sector.
During RE+ 24, prize administrators from the U.S. Department of Energy and National Renewable Energy Laboratory are hosting events highlighting some of the American-Made Challenges, including the Solar Prize Round 7 Go! Demo Day and EPIC Prize Pitch Event.
Learn more about how the American-Made program can support your innovation!

About American-Made
American-Made is building an innovation engine to supercharge a revolution of bold, new ideas, connecting the nation’s entrepreneurs and innovators to America’s national labs and the private sector, providing the right resources and timing needed for success.
Since 2018, the American-Made program has launched more than 50 prizes, awarding $150+ million in cash prizes and support to more than 400 teams. Competitors leverage resources in the American-Made Network, which comprises more than 400 organizations, including the U.S. Department of Energy’s 17 national labs, along with professionals from accelerators, incubators, universities, facilities, and industry.
American-Made is on a mission to recruit the nation’s most brilliant, diverse clean energy innovators, entrepreneurs, and changemakers. We invite people everywhere— individuals and organizations based in the U.S.—to compete in prizes or join our Network to ensure a clean, just energy future is made in America.