Project Grant 1821134

The National Science Foundation awarded $274,147 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop biodegradable electronic sensors through its Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I grant. The awardee, Transparent Path SPC, will formulate carbon-based inks for aerosol jet printing onto biodegradable substrates to produce temperature and humidity sensors. The goals are to co-print graphene, carbon nanotubes, and cellulose inks; develop printing processes; and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $305,000 to Elektrum Technologies, Inc. to develop an improved manufacturing process for ultra-low-cost, flexible transparent metal-mesh conductive electrodes. The goal is to create a fully additive method of manufacturing these transparent conductive electrodes, which offer superior performance and lower cost compared to existing indium tin oxide-based...

This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop novel, sustainable textile fibers and fabrics derived from seaweed biopolymers and nanomaterials. The project seeks to create a plastic-free, multifunctional textile material with enhanced properties such as fire resistance, UV protection, and heat shielding, which can serve as an alternative to fossil fuel-based textiles....

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award to Freescale LLC aims to demonstrate the manufacturing of fully printed functional devices using an innovative multifunctional printing platform for next-generation electronics. The $274,972 award, provided from March 2024 to November 2024, will support the development, optimization, and delivery of specialty conductive and semiconductive inks that can be printed on rigid and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York to develop an all-paper-based electronic system, named "Integrated Papertronics", that can function in an eco-friendly, cost-effective, and self-sustaining manner. The primary objectives are to: 1) Create a printed circuit board (PCB) with highly conductive metallic wires on paper to enable...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $1,000,000 to Iris Light Technologies Inc., a small business in Chicago, Illinois, to develop foundry-scale production of on-chip silicon photonic light emitters enabled by printed photonic ink. The project aims to create black phosphorus-based inks that can be integrated directly onto silicon photonic chips to produce on-chip lasers. This...

This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to develop high-energy-density, rechargeable lithium-ion microbatteries through the use of 3D-printed microscale cathode electrodes and wafer-level manufacturing processes. The $303,107 award, granted on June 1, 2025, with a targeted completion date of February 28, 2026, will enable the development of a robust, reliable, and commercially...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to Funxion Wear Inc. aims to validate the commercial potential of an erasable dye technology for apparel. The project will refine a proprietary, durable color-changing dye system that can provide repeatable color changes, with the goal of developing a sustainable solution for the $8 billion custom domestic t-shirt market. By leveraging advanced functional materials...

Iris Light Technologies Inc. received a $256,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on December 1, 2021 to support research and development efforts concluding on November 30, 2022. Funded through the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA #47.041), the award aims to advance electro-luminescence and doping of black phosphorus for printed lasers on silicon photonic chips. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will provide $600,002 to Villanova University and Temple University, in partnership with Otex Specialty Narrow Fabrics Inc., to establish a transformative water-based salt-assisted-assembly process for manufacturing durable smart textiles. The goal of this interdisciplinary research is to expand the design space of viable nanomaterial-textile systems by enabling self-assembly at...