| ADAPT | Accelerated Delivery and Acquisition of Prototype Technologies |
| AMO | Advanced Manufacturing Office |
| ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
| ARPA-E | Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy |
| BR&D | Biomass Research and Development |
| BRC | Bioenergy Research Center |
| CAR | Center for Automotive Research |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DEAR | Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation |
| DoD | U.S. Department of Defense |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| EFI | Energy Futures Initiative |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERDC | U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center |
| ESTEP | Energy System Technology Evaluation Program |
| GOCO | government owned/contractor operated |
| GTI | Gas Technology Institute |
| H4D | Hacking for Defense |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| JBEI | Joint BioEnergy Institute |
| JCESR | Joint Center for Energy Storage Research |
| LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| LPO | Loan Program Office |
| LPS | Lab Partnering Service |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| NEPTUNE | Naval Enterprise Teaming with Universities for National Entrepreneurship |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NIPA | Naval Innovation Process Adoption |
| NIST | National Institute for Standards and Technology |
| NREL | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NYSERDA | New York State Energy Research and Development Authority |
| ONR | Office of Naval Research |
| OTT | Office of Technology Transitions |
| PV | Photovoltaic |
| R&D | research and development |
| RD&D | research, development, and demonstration |
| RDT&E | research, development, testing, and evaluation |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research |
| STTR | Small Business Technology Transfer |
| T&E | testing and evaluation |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |