Mentor Protégé Program

Y-12 is an active participant in the Department of Energy (DOE) Mentor Protégé Program.

Y‑12 is helping strengthen SCSU's research capabilities in radiochemistry. Click image for larger view.

This program is designed to encourage DOE prime contractors to assist small disadvantaged firms certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, other small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and other minority institutions of higher learning and small business concerns owned and controlled by service disabled veterans.

The program provides Y-12 a mechanism for entering into integrated working agreements and for providing nonfinancial assistance to these entities. The agreements are designed to enhance the Protégé's business and technical capabilities, to foster long-term business relationships between these small businesses and DOE prime contractors, and to increase the overall number of small businesses receiving awards.

Y-12 has entered into Mentor Protégé Agreements with 15 businesses and 5 historically black colleges and universities as part of the DOE/NNSA Mentor Protégé Initiative. For more about our partners, please see Current Protégés.