The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $125,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Ai Biosciences, Inc. to develop a microgravity-compatible, compact, and automated sample preparation platform. The platform is designed to process various sample types, including swabs, water, blood, and urine, to extract high-quality nucleic acids for rapid microbial identification, which can support crew safety on long-duration space missions. The...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $124,994.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Ai Biosciences, Inc., a Minority Owned Business and Self Certified Small Disadvantaged Business, for the development of a Compact and Automated Liquid-Handling Robot for Microgravity Uses. This award is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is set aside for Total Small Business participation and will be performed in...
This $166,500 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Ai Biosciences, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for the development of a Microgravity-Compatible Handheld Squeegee-Aspirator Surface Sampler (SASS) as part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program. The contract has a completion date of January 25, 2023 and is set aside for total small business participation. Ai Biosciences is a...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Ai Biosciences, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business located in College Station, Texas. The $166,499 contract is for the development of a self-contained, dual-mode sample preparation module using non-hazardous reagents. This contract was set aside for total small business participation and is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I effort....
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Goeppert LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The $124,995.00 contract, awarded under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase I, is focused on developing a robust solid-state nanopore platform for NASA's SeqLow ColdTech program led by Dr. Christopher McKay at the NASA Ames Research Center. The goals include fabricating solid-state...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to HJ Science & Technology Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit small business. The contract, valued at $749,983, is for the development of a highly integrated, programmable, and miniaturized microfluidic automation platform capable of running rapid and complex synthetic biology and bioengineering processes. The goal is to engineer life-supporting microbes...
This is a federal contract award to HJ Science & Technology Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit small business, for the development of a Rapid Microbial Detection and Monitoring Technology for Planetary Protection. The $749,953 firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract has a period of performance through July 28, 2024. This contract is a total small...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $899,527 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Wainamics, Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned, and economically disadvantaged small business based in Pleasanton, California. The contract, which has a completion date of December 13, 2025, is for the development of a long-term cell culture monitoring system. This contract builds on Wainamics' previous SBIR Phase I award from NASA, and the company's...
This federal contract award is for the purchase of a DNA sequencer by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center. The contract was awarded to Illumina, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of genomic sequencing and analysis products, on a firm fixed price basis. The total potential value of the contract is $1,224,258.01, and the completion date is May 31, 2019. The contract is not set aside for any specific business size or socioeconomic category. Illumina is a...
This contract is for a $149,998.00 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Luna Labs USA LLC, a division of Luna Innovations Incorporated. The contract is for the "Automated Extraction of DNA for Sequencing Evaluation" project, with a completion date of February 2, 2024. Luna Labs USA LLC is a for-profit limited liability company that specializes in fiber optic sensing and measurement systems, providing...