Cooperative Agreement 2136833
- This Small Business Innovation Research Program award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture totals $174,976 to Rednox, Inc. for the development of inexpensive nitrous oxide (N2O) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) sensors. Under the project grant, Rednox and scientists from Ohio State University will develop near-infrared spectroscopy sensors for measuring N2O and solid-state electrochemical sensors for NOx at the parts per million and parts per...
- This SBIR Phase I project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to develop an advanced thermal oxidizer technology to cost-effectively control greenhouse gas emissions, specifically methane, as well as toxic/carcinogenic organic compounds and odors from small emission sources. The $256,657 award to Rotoheater LLC, awarded on February 15, 2024, will support research and development into a novel,...
- This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop optimized high surface area functionalized nanomaterials for parts per billion (PPB) gas sensing using machine learning models. The $274,991 award to Atmosense, Inc., a minority-owned small business located in San Diego, CA, will fund the research and development of advanced materials...
- Indrio Technologies Inc. received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a laser-based ammonia slip sensor for on-road diesel-powered vehicles. The grant supports the company's work to deliver a sensor that can detect low concentrations of ammonia in diesel engine exhaust, with the goal of enabling more effective emission control technologies. Project activities will take...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $242,890 Project Grant to Stec Technology, Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a low thermal electro-emulsification solution to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions in marine diesel exhaust by 80% and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 30%. The goal of the project is to incorporate the emissions reduction technology into a fuel processing system that can be integrated into existing diesel...
- Paradigm Emissions Technologies, Inc. received a $256,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant funds research and development of a non-thermal plasma reactor system to destroy over 95% of particulate emissions from diesel exhaust. If successful, the technology has potential to reduce harmful particulate pollutants from diesel vehicle fleets...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Coolaimate, Inc. received a $304,913 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) on October 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for March 31, 2027. The company will develop and validate hybrid silicon photonic tunable lasers—photonic chips that utilize light-based sensing and measurement capabilities with broadly adjustable laser frequencies. The...
- This SBIR Phase I grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program) provides $275,000 to Genalpha Nuclear Technologies LLC to develop a metal foam-based neutron sensor for advanced nuclear reactor instrumentation. The project aims to create a sensor that can withstand the harsh, high-temperature and radiation-intensive environments of next-generation nuclear reactors. This novel sensor technology could have broader...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Princeton University. The grant supports the development of an innovative laser sensing technology platform that will employ dual-comb spectroscopy and quantum cascade laser frequency combs to enable three-dimensional localization and quantification of multiple atmospheric trace gas emissions. The novel chemical sensing system will integrate...
- Applied Ocean Sciences, LLC received a $255,633 National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop the first flow-through sensor for real-time microplastics measurements. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and innovation. Under this December 2021 award concluding in November 2022, Applied Ocean Sciences will develop a flow-through sensor capable of directly...
SBIR PHASE II: LASER-BASED IN-EXHAUST NOX SENSOR FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS -THIS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PHASE II PROJECT WILL IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT WITH CLEANER DIESEL ENGINE EXHAUST. DIESEL ENGINE MANUFACTURERS CURRENTLY CANNOT PRECISELY CONTROL THEIR EXHAUST AFTER-TREATMENT SYSTEMS DUE TO THE LACK OF WIDELY DEPLOYABLE SENSORS THAT CAN DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN OXIDES OF NITROGEN (NOX) AND OTHER SPECIES IN THE EXHAUST STREAM. THIS PROJECT ADVANCES A NOVEL ON-BOARD SENSOR FOR DETECTING NOX IN DIESEL EXHAUST STREAMS WITH SENSITIVITIES AND MOLECULAR SPECIFICITY UNMATCHED BY EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES. IT CAN RESULT IN 10% GREATER FUEL EFFICIENCY WHILE MATCHING NEW STRINGENT NOX EMISSIONS STANDARDS. FLEET-WIDE FUEL ECONOMY IMPROVEMENTS AND NOX EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ENABLED BY THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL LEAD TO REDUCED CARBON EMISSIONS AND HEALTHIER AIR WITH LOWER AMOUNTS OF NOX-INDUCED SMOG, GROUND-LEVEL OZONE, AND ACID RAIN. THE INTELLECTUAL MERIT OF THIS PROJECT ADVANCES A NOVEL APPLICATION OF LASER-ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY, WHICH PROBES THE UNIQUE SPECTRAL ABSORPTION FINGERPRINT OF NOX SPECIES TO AVOID CROSS-SPECIES INTERFERENCE. THIS SENSOR IS PROJECTED TO ACHIEVE TENFOLD LOWER DETECTION THRESHOLDS THAN CURRENT WIDELY DEPLOYED ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS IN THE HARSH HIGH-TEMPERATURE PARTICULATE-LADEN DIESEL EXHAUST ENVIRONMENTS, ALL WHILE MAINTAINING A FORM FACTOR SIMILAR TO THOSE USED IN EXISTING DIESEL AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEMS. THIS PHASE I RESEARCH WILL LEVERAGE NOVEL MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES TO FABRICATE AND DEMONSTRATE THE PERFORMANCE OF A HIGH-SENSITIVITY LASER-BASED NO SENSOR CAPABLE OF SURVIVING HIGH-TEMPERATURE, OXIDIZING, INTENSELY VIBRATING, AND PARTICULATE-LADEN FLOWS CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE EXHAUST GASES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $200.0k | 9/12/24 | ||
| Not listed | $500.0k | 1/13/23 | ||
| Not listed | $1.0m | 2/24/22 |