Project Grant 1648337

Federal Grant Award Summary AI-Powered Wildlife Deterrent System Development AI Sense LLC received $304,996 in funding through a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084). The award, issued October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2026, supports development of an artificial intelligence-powered wildlife deterrent system designed to prevent...

Insulights.com, Inc. received a $650,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop an innovative electric fence insulator with integrated Internet of Things and mobile notification capabilities. The award is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212), which supports technological innovation to build a strong national economy. Specifically, the...

Insulights.com, Inc. received a $131,500 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to develop an intelligent electric fence insulator system for livestock management. The award, issued on August 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 14, 2026, funds research to prove the technical feasibility of a monitoring device that alerts livestock owners and managers via...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant to Biotronic Innovations LLC under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The project aims to develop a high-performance, drone-based wildlife telemetry technology that is economical and easy to use. The research plan focuses on creating a co-robotic system that employs an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as an assistant wildlife tracker, fusing data from...

The National Science Foundation awarded Vence Corp a $255,754 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) on March 15, 2022 to develop an Internet of Things platform for connected livestock monitoring and virtual fencing. The platform will utilize sensor data to track animal movement, activity, and health metrics in real-time. This will enable ranchers to make more informed land management decisions regarding grazing practices while also...

The University of Arizona was awarded a $153,719 Cooperative Agreement by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Rangeland Resource Management program (CFDA 15.237) to conduct research on the use of virtual fence (VF) technology on the Agua Fria National Monument. The research aims to (1) evaluate the effects of VF on excluding livestock from threatened and endangered species habitat, and (2) determine factors influencing livestock distribution. The project will collect and analyze...

The Oklahoma State University will receive a $2.7 million project grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service to demonstrate the benefits of virtual fencing to ranchers. Under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, which promotes agricultural production and environmental quality as compatible goals, OSU will produce guidelines by June 2025 for NRCS personnel to help ranchers adopt and implement virtual fencing techniques...

This $649,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports Farmsense, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, in developing novel sensor technologies for precise insect pest monitoring and surveillance in agricultural settings. The project aims to create a system inspired by how bats detect and discriminate between different insects, allowing for tracking of insect pests down to the...

This SBIR Phase II Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $955,736 to Helios Pompano Inc., a minority-owned and Hispanic American-owned small business, to develop an innovative system for the rapid detection and verification of high-risk lightning strikes that can initiate wildfires. The project aims to create a ground-based system using extremely low frequency (ELF) lightning...

Invasive Species Corporation received a $181,500 Phase I Project Grant award 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) on September 15, 2025. The award supports the development of a commercially viable, microbe-based biological product designed to protect crops from invasive slugs and snails. The company will leverage precision fermentation and formulation platform...