Project Grant 1447398

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,918 to Cascade Biocatalysts Inc. will fund research and development to demonstrate the commercial feasibility and scalability of a patent-pending approach for stabilizing enzymes through engineered polymer-enzyme interactions. The goal is to enable environmentally sustainable, low-carbon chemical manufacturing processes that utilize enzymes as catalysts, which can decrease...

Exopolymer, Inc. received a $181,129 Project Grant award from the Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212), effective September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for May 14, 2027. The award supports the development and commercialization of improved biopolymer-based food ingredients designed to enhance shelf stability, reduce water loss in packaged foods, and decrease food...

This SBIR Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $275,000 to Caravel Bio, Inc. to develop a novel synthetic biology platform for high-throughput directed evolution of spore-displayed enzymes. The project aims to create customizable enzyme solutions for industrial biocatalyst applications by improving key properties like enzyme activity, stability, and loading density. The technology uses a...

Microsensor Labs, LLC received a $181,500 Phase I Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212), awarded on September 30, 2025. The company will develop and validate MagiCyte MB, a fully automated, high-speed, and cost-effective system designed to rapidly detect, isolate, and enumerate Salmonella from poultry products. The research leverages novel biological...

This $256,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Industrial Innovation, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), funds the development of a rapid, simple, and low-cost Salmonella detection and quantification test. Secure Food Solutions, Incorporated will optimize a multi-layer 96-well microplate method to demonstrate 90% sensitivity and specificity for Salmonella in raw poultry and processing environment samples within 15 hours without pre-enrichment. They...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $150,000 to researchers at the City University of New York (CUNY) City College to investigate using hydrogen peroxide, a toxic waste product generated by certain bacteria, as an energy source for efficient biofuel and biochemical production. The key objectives are to: 1) develop an E. coli strain platform to control and monitor hydrogen...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Heliowave Technologies Inc., a small disadvantaged business based in College Station, Texas, received a $175,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212), awarded on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2027. The grant supports development of the HELIOCLEAN system, a portable, palm-sized biosensing...

Carrisan Technologies Inc. received a $255,990 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Directorate for Engineering SBIR PHASE I program to develop persistent antimicrobial compositions to prevent cross-contamination via hands and gloves from May 2021 through April 2022. The NSF SBIR PHASE I program aims to support innovative research and development from small businesses and translate promising ideas into products and services with commercial potential or public benefit. Under...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,956 to Gulf Spore LLC (doing business as Chitovate) provides funding to develop an edible mushroom-derived chitosan coating to extend the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables. The project aims to create a sustainable, antimicrobial, and gas barrier coating alternative to reduce the $1 trillion in annual global food waste. Key objectives include demonstrating the...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Nitrate Elimination Co Inc. (Neci) received a $1.248 million Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II work. Awarded on September 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2027, this project focuses on developing and commercializing a dual enzyme system designed to prevent food waste caused by...