Benefits to Membership
Membership fees for large companies (greater than 500 employees), academic institutions, and foundations are a minimum of $50K per year.
Membership fees for small companies (less than 500 employees) are $10K per year.
Companies not paying membership can be a Center Affiliate by partnering on seed projects with Center members.
- Leverage relatively small investment ($50K) to gain access to more than ($600K) in research projects.
- Membership on SWETRC executive committee to make project selections and define direction of center.
- Ability to easily partner with universities and other companies in region to add additional expertise to your organization.
- Gain access to graduate and undergraduate students who will become next generation of leaders in energy field.
- Access to technology that may reduce your organizations product development cost:
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- Faster time to market for a new product
- Lower costs for an existing product
- New products that result from center projects
- Process improvements