Cooperative Agreement 2528036
- This $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports Prhobe Inc.'s development of an innovative logistics tracking system. The project aims to revolutionize logistics and transport management by providing real-time visibility at the serial number level through the integration of wireless technologies including RFID, UWB, and cellular. The system will attach to...
- The National Science Foundation awarded $305,000 to Deepcharge, Inc. on August 15, 2026, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) for SBIR Phase I development of an intelligent wireless charging and device management system for high-volume environments. Deepcharge will develop and validate a volumetric charging architecture capable of simultaneous wireless power delivery throughout a multi-shelf rack system, addressing the physical limitations of existing...
- This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of wireless charging systems for automated production lines. The project aims to fully automate the quality control process for complex electronic product manufacturing, improving U.S. manufacturing productivity. Key products and services to be delivered include wireless power receiver converters, high-quality coils that...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $998,857 Cooperative Agreement under its NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Ranchcheck Inc. on March 15, 2024. The project aims to develop and test low-cost ear tags that use audio and electrical stimulation to reinforce the natural herd instinct of individual livestock, enabling higher stock density grazing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve rangeland ecosystems. Key innovations include a system using...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $951,394 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Ballydel Technologies Inc. for the development of serialized anti-counterfeit labeling technology for pharmaceutical and biological products. The project aims to create a scalable manufacturing process for imprinting covert, encrypted patterns onto labels for individual vaccine vials, incorporating serialized codes to enable traceability...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Freescale LLC (doing business as Neuraink) received a $1.24 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), awarded September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. The award funds the development and commercialization of a proprietary multifunctional printing platform that deposits conductive,...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Cartesian Systems Inc. a $274,960 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop a handheld fine-grained radio frequency identification localization system. Cartesian will build a portable device and cloud-based platform to precisely locate ultra-high frequency RFID tags attached to retail merchandise with decimeter-scale accuracy. The system includes the handheld wireless localization device, a scalable cloud and...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Fibarcode, LLC received a $1,555,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Fast-Track Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) awarded September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. The award supports development and commercialization of photonic particles and fibers designed to trace and authenticate textile materials through integration...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary AI Linear Inc. was awarded $1.25 million through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) on July 15, 2025, for an SBIR Phase II project with completion targeted for June 30, 2027. The awardee will develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled integrated circuit (IC) designed for real-time anomaly detection in predictive maintenance applications. The IC combines an ultra-low-power analog...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $274,048 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Innotech Systems LLC to develop a high-precision, automated docking solution for charging electric vehicles, robots, and drones in adverse weather conditions. The goals of the 1-year project are to: 1) establish that multi-path signal characteristics can identify vehicle locations for docking, 2) develop models for simulating and verifying the...
The National Science Foundation awarded Prhobe Inc. a $1,245,544 cooperative agreement on August 1, 2026, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop and commercialize a battery-powered device that combines passive RFID reading, cellular IoT connectivity, and sensing for real-time item-level tracking across global supply chains. The project delivers a compact, reusable platform suitable for deployment on pallets, containers, or vehicles that integrates passive radio frequency identification tags with a low-power cellular device capable of reading thousands of items simultaneously and transmitting real-time location and critical data for each item. The technical work addresses the challenge of reliably detecting RFID-tagged items under real-world occlusion and interference conditions while maintaining minimal power consumption to achieve a 10-year battery life. Phase II builds on a successful Phase I effort that demonstrated a working prototype, validated detection across dense pallet loads, and confirmed cellular backhaul feasibility within shielded trailers. The project period runs through January 31, 2028, with performance taking place in Orinda, California. The innovation democratizes access to real-time supply chain visibility and item-level traceability without requiring infrastructure or manual scanning, addressing major logistics challenges across multiple industries. The work also enhances understanding in low-power embedded systems, edge-triggered sensing, adaptive wireless communication, and artificial intelligence detection of anomaly-based alerts using training data from real-time item-level location information.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.2m | 7/24/26 |