Project Grant 1648756

This Small Business Innovation Research (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 optimized high surface area functionalized nanomaterials for parts per billion (PPB) gas sensing using machine learning models. The $274,991 award to Atmosense, Inc., a minority-owned small business located in San Diego, CA, will fund the research and development of advanced materials...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program, is providing $305,260 to Access Sensor Technologies LLC to commercialize the AIRPEN - a wearable device for rapidly characterizing exposures to particulate matter (PM) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during disaster events. The key products and services to be delivered include: Collaborating with disaster response researchers...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) Federal Grant Program provides funding of $281,734 to Interlink Electronics, Inc. to develop a high-resolution, ground-level air quality monitoring system. The project aims to demonstrate a low-cost sensor node that can monitor key air pollutants such as temperature, humidity, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and nitrogen oxides. To enhance...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District a $143,000 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034). The grant will fund the purchase and installation of continuous particulate matter 2.5 monitors to replace existing filter-based monitors in environmental justice and underserved communities...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program totaling $256,000 will fund the development of an optimized ion mobility spectrometry system for distributed chemical sensing without the use of radioactive ionization sources. The awardee, Sensit Ventures Inc. of Davis, California, will establish an experimental and theoretical framework to miniaturize differential mobility spectrometry technology for analytical-quality chemical...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop a suite of portable, quantum-enhanced sensors for detecting and identifying bioaerosols. The project aims to advance the technology readiness level of sensor technologies targeting bioaerosols, which directly impact human, animal, plant, and climate health. The key products to be...

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) received a $499,963 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program. The funding supports the development of an air quality monitoring network using portable low-cost sensors in underserved communities in Buffalo, New York. Key activities include:...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides $115,480 in funding to the Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) in Washington, D.C. The primary objective of this 3-year project is to collect quality-assured data on ambient air concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) as well as its...

This $404,000 Environmental Protection Agency project grant will fund the replacement and enhancement of particulate matter 2.5 and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutant monitors in and near environmental justice communities in Connecticut from August 2022 to July 2024. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, as awardee, will purchase continuous PM2.5 monitors to replace existing filter-based monitors, allowing for 24/7 real-time reporting of air...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $702,252 to the University of Alaska Fairbanks to acquire a time-of-flight aerosol chemical speciation monitor (TOF-ACSM) and scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) instrumentation. These instruments will enable research in several key areas, including urban air pollution under cold and dark conditions, aerosol production from boreal forest fires, biogenic secondary organic aerosol...