Climate, Energy & Sustainability
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder College of Engineering and Applied Science—Chunmei Ban, a professor in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder, has received a Fulbright Global Scholar award to explore the future of energy storage through next-generation battery technologies.
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Today—Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder has been named one of the world's leading institutions for climate science, ranking eighth globally in the latest analysis of the most highly cited climate research institutions by Carbon Brief.
Venture Partners capped off its fifth Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator with the 2026 Ascent Deep Tech Community Showcase, where research-based startup teams pitched innovations originating from Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØto an audience of investors, entrepreneurs and fellow researchers. The showcase featured ventures developing breakthrough solutions in health, robotics, advanced materials and more.
Larisza Krista, research scientist at CIRES at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder, was awarded a $600,000 National Science Foundation Translation to Practice—Explore (NSF TTP-E) grant to translate fundamental research on coronal mass ejections (CMEs).- The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) has announced that eight Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder researchers and four startups received funding through the latest round of the Advanced Industries Accelerator Program. The awards, granted through the Proof of Concept and Early-Stage Capital and Retention programs, represent one of the university's strongest performances to date.
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder has emerged as a leading hub for battery innovation, producing breakthrough research and a series of successful startups—including Solid Power, SiILion, Otoro Energy, Forge Nano and Mana Battery—that are advancing safer, cheaper and more effective energy storage technologies. The university’s unique combination of world-class researchers, entrepreneurial support and industry partnerships has helped transform laboratory discoveries into companies with significant economic and societal impact.
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI)—Imagine a display that harvests ambient light when it is not actively in use, offsetting some of its own energy consumption. The materials physics shows that this is possible.
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder and Techstars, the global startup accelerator and investor, have announced a strategic partnership to expand opportunities for founders and strengthen Colorado’s innovation economy.
Commercialization activities throughÌýVenture Partners at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder had an economic impact ofÌý$8.7 billion nationally andÌý$5.1 billion in the state of Colorado over the last five years, according to a report from the Leeds School of Business.
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder College of Engineering and Applied Science—Women of Carbon, a documentary featuring Mija Hubler, highlights women transforming the construction industry through sustainable innovation, decarbonization and green technology. Hubler’s research interests include aging of construction materials, concrete infrastructure design and construction methods and the design of alternative construction materials from biological elements and engineered waste materials. She is a co-founder ofÌýPrometheus Materials, a bio-cement startup in Longmont, Colorado.