Project Grant 1448563

This STTR Phase I grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program supports the development of a compact, multi-wavelength interferometric system for real-time, in-situ metrology in high-precision optical manufacturing. The $274,524 project aims to deliver a market-ready, on-machine metrology system that can improve efficiency and accuracy in diamond tool alignment, surface metrology, and overall manufacturing throughput by...

This SBIR Phase I Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) provides $274,769 to Fringe Metrology LLC to develop an optical metrology system capable of rapidly and accurately measuring large antenna dishes up to 18 meters in diameter. The goal is to revolutionize how high-precision antenna dishes for satellite communications and radio astronomy are constructed by addressing a critical bottleneck in producing...

Optical Metrology Solutions LLC received a $255,981 National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I Project Grant to develop a novel triangulation gauge under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program. The grant period runs from August 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023 and will support Optical Metrology Solutions' efforts to advance science and engineering research and innovation leading to breakthrough technologies. Specifically, the company will use the funding to deliver a...

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...

This $305,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, is developing innovative metasurface optical waveguiding devices (MOWGs) that control light on a sub-wavelength level. The goal is to overcome the limitations of traditional optical systems, such as weight, size, scalability, and cost, by replacing conventional optical components like lenses and...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program), is developing a high-precision time-to-digital converter (TDC) capable of picosecond accuracy. The $305,000 award to Main Engineering LLC will enable the research and development of a semiconductor chip-based TDC that can operate in harsh environments and provide enhanced performance features such as zero...

SBIR Phase I: Acoustic Molding Technology for Metal Additive Manufacturing Ultrasonium Inc. received a $305,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), effective October 1, 2025, through March 31, 2026, to develop and validate acoustic molding technology for metal additive manufacturing. The project will investigate the feasibility of using ultrasonic phased arrays to...

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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Cooperative Agreement award of $1,000,000 to Diffract Technology Inc. is focused on developing a novel, high-resolution 3D optical metrology tool for precision manufacturing and industrial applications. The project aims to create a computer-generated holographic system capable of performing rapid, non-contact 3D measurements with sub-10-micron resolution over a large field of view. The advanced 3D...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $450,000 over 3 years to the University of New Mexico to develop an advanced magnetometry sensor based on frequency comb techniques. The proposed sensor will exploit direct phase detection rather than amplitude measurements, enabling enhanced resolution and sensitivity for gradient magnetic field detection. Key technical objectives include theoretical modeling, verification with a...