The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Ignite contract to Cecilia Energy Inc., a woman-owned small business, to perform research on the catalytic conversion of waste plastic to hydrogen. The contract, with a firm fixed price of $166,487.00, is set aside for small businesses and has a completion date of July 11, 2023. This SBIR Phase I contract is part of NASA's broader SBIR program, which...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $749,690 firm fixed price contract to Twelve Benefit Corporation, a small business, for Phase II of its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract supports Twelve's research and development to redesign the cathode of commercially available proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyzers, enabling the reduction of carbon dioxide into ethylene and/or methane as polymer precursors for use in...
This is a firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Twelve Benefit Corporation, a small business, for $112,068. The contract is for research and development of a carbon dioxide-to-ethylene conversion technology using a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) water electrolyzer. The goal is to demonstrate the feasibility of producing polyethylene from CO2, water, and electricity in a two-step process, with the potential for in-situ...
This is a $1,119,472.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded to Precision Combustion, Inc., a small business, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of a high specific power primary fuel cell system. The performance location is North Haven, CT. This contract is designated as a total small business set-aside, indicating that it is intended to support innovation and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $999,631 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Skyre, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business manufacturer, to develop a "Bifunctional Regenerative Electrochemical Air Transformation for Human Environments" under a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract. The contract, which was set aside for small businesses, aims to research and develop hydrogen-based energy conservation and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Catalyzeh2O LLC, a woman-owned small business, for the development of an engineered peptoid sensor to monitor microbes in spacecraft cabins. The firm-fixed-price contract, valued at $125,000.00, was awarded on August 31, 2020 with a completion date of March 1, 2021. Catalyzeh2O LLC, doing business as Catalyzeh20, has previously received...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract worth $123,809.00 to Sustainable Bioproducts LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to develop an encapsulated biofilm-biomat reactor that can efficiently convert mission-relevant feedstocks, such as human waste, food waste, and plant materials, into usable products under zero-gravity conditions. The biofilm-biomat fermentation technology enables...
This is a $149,990.00 firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Energized Composite Technologies LLC, a small business, for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I research and development project. The contract is for the development of thermoplastic-based carbon fiber structural batteries for space technologies. The period of performance runs from the award date of August 7, 2024 through...
This is a $124,352 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to P H Matter LLC, a small disadvantaged business, for the development of an Automated Carbon Formation Reactor. The contract, awarded on August 31, 2020, has a firm-fixed price and is set to be completed by March 1, 2021. P H Matter LLC is a small business that specializes in developing nanostructured materials and sustainable energy solutions, and has previously received SBIR Phase I, II, and III...
This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Reactive Innovations, LLC, a small business located in Westford, Massachusetts. The contract, valued at $125,000.00, is for the development of an electrochemical micro-channel reactor that can convert carbon dioxide to ethylene. This technology supports NASA's need to process carbon dioxide for future Mars habitation activities, as ethylene can be used to...