Project Grant 1660096

This SBIR Phase I Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) aims to develop an ultra-compact neutron generator for advanced material detection systems. The $273,834 award to Nucleon Power Inc., a certified woman-owned small business, covers a 12-month project period ending on August 31, 2025. The proposed innovation is a novel neutron generator based on lithium niobate piezoelectric transformers...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $1,000,000 in funding to Ai Pow LLC, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business located in College Station, TX. The project aims to develop a hardware-aware AutoML platform to enable efficient deployment of AI models on resource-constrained edge devices for real-time defect detection in...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), provides $1,000,000.00 to Wilo Networks Inc. to develop a cutting-edge sensor network platform designed to operate with exceptionally low power consumption. The core innovation involves integrating low-power wake-up radio technology with optimized network protocols, enabling always-on, low-latency communication without the traditional...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation provides $100,000 to William Marsh Rice University to develop a strain-sensing smart skin technology using carbon nanotubes. The technology is intended to enable non-contact, laser-based strain measurement with advantages over existing digital image correlation methods. It has applications in infrastructure maintenance and safety inspections across industries such as aerospace, bridges, pipelines, wind turbines. Successful development...

Direct Kinetic Solutions Inc. received a $255,139 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to develop quantum power chip components under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnership program (CFDA 47.084). The award aims to enhance a radiosotopic compound used in the company's miniature power sources, which generate continuous power for electronic devices to address idle, standby, and battery drain without maintenance in remote and austere environments including space...

This $255,996 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships award to Wave Logix, Inc. supports development of an Internet of Things sensing platform to monitor civil infrastructure concrete strength. The awardee will prototype a piezoelectric concrete strength sensor integrated with customized data logging, processing, and transmission capabilities. A secure cloud-based database is also envisioned to provide contractors real-time in-place concrete strength data through...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $305,000 provides funding to Stellar Engine, a small business located in Los Altos, CA, to develop an advanced plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) processing technology. The technology utilizes nanosecond-scale high-voltage pulses to generate a micro-plasma that can efficiently deposit thin, conformal oxide and nitride films without using...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $274,995 SBIR Phase I project grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) to Tiptek, LLC, a small for-profit limited liability company. The project aims to improve a critical semiconductor manufacturing method called nanoprobing by enabling the technique to probe smaller and more complex electrical devices for longer periods. The improved nanoprobes developed through this research will support the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $398,630.00 to the University of Alabama's Office for Sponsored Programs Division to develop an advanced, battery-free wireless sensor system for continuous monitoring of patients with chronic conditions like heart failure. The project aims to translate research on parity-time (PT) symmetric biotelemetry, inspired by non-Hermitian quantum physics, into...

The National Science Foundation awarded Activecharge LLC a $256,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop an integrated, self-powered sensor node for wind turbine blade monitoring. The one-year project will address technical hurdles such as lack of reliable energy sources and logistical challenges replacing batteries inside blades. Activecharge will prototype a sensor node that reliably harvests electrical voltage from blade...