Project Grant 1415497

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project grant, awarded to Meteora3D, Inc., will develop a rapid lift-based peel separation masked inverted stereolithography 3D printing technology for urgent procedural planning. The $275,000 award, effective December 1, 2024 through November 30, 2025, aims to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities of desktop inverted vat...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $305,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to LR Innovoptics Inc. in Tucson, AZ. This SBIR Phase I project aims to develop a high-throughput 3D printing system for fabricating high-performance, high-contrast glass micro-optics. The goal is to create a faster, more scalable, and cost-effective manufacturing process for these critical optical components used in cameras, lasers, medical devices,...

This SBIR Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program is for the development of a new drop-on-demand liquid metal 3D printing process. The $305,000 award to Fluent Metal Inc. aims to address the lack of fundamental understanding of the interplay between plasma melting and droplet ejection dynamics, which is essential for producing fully dense and metallurgically bonded parts. The broader commercial...

This $250,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships project grant to Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station will support the development and commercialization of a microscale three-dimensional (3D) printer for multi-materials. The two-year project aims to advance the miniaturization of systems and products by addressing the growing need for manufacturing smaller devices through the scale-up of laser-based micro and nanoscale 3D printing with submicron...

This 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 a novel liquid crystal polymer (LCP) called Tullomer to address limitations in fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing. The $275,000 grant, awarded to Z-Polymers, Inc., will fund the optimization of Tullomer's monomer ratios, integration of nucleation additives, and control of mesogenic state formation to enhance...

This SBIR Phase I Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to advance metal additive manufacturing through the development of innovative acoustic molding technology. The $305,000 award, with a performance period from October 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, will enable the recipient, Ultrasonium Inc., to investigate the feasibility of using ultrasonic phased arrays to control and solidify molten metals during...

This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to develop high-energy-density, rechargeable lithium-ion microbatteries through the use of 3D-printed microscale cathode electrodes and wafer-level manufacturing processes. The $303,107 award, granted on June 1, 2025, with a targeted completion date of February 28, 2026, will enable the development of a robust, reliable, and commercially...

This $306,872 Project Grant award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (CFDA 93.350) supports the development of a 3D printed integrated sample preparation and chromatography platform for proteomics research at Millennial Materials & Devices Inc., a small disadvantaged business located in Stony Brook, New York. The project aims to fabricate customized 3D printed carbon microbead stationary phase materials and additive manufacturing tools to create an integrated...

This $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program supports the development of a label-free, high-resolution, high-throughput protein screening platform called Vibrational Spectroscopy with Metasurface Optics (VISMO). The technology aims to enable simultaneous, minute-scale measurement of millions of protein samples, which would dramatically improve the lengthy and costly cycles...

This $274,786 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) will fund the development of a cutting-edge scanning magnetometer microscope by Femtosenselabs, LLC. This new microscope technology will enable high-resolution imaging of novel magnetic materials with unprecedented sensitivity at the nanoscale, supporting the advancement of spintronics and the development of...