Project Grant 1831203

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project grant for $275,000 awarded to Avanpore LLC will develop a novel membrane filtration process to enable energy-efficient separation and recovery of small molecules from industrial process streams across industries such as chemicals, petrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. The project aims to advance organic solvent nanofiltration (OSNF) and organic...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $295,000 to Tanda Biotech Corporation to develop and validate innovative flow channel designs for tubular membrane filters used in large-scale bioproduction applications. The project aims to enhance the capacity, efficiency, and reusability of these filtration systems, thereby reducing operational costs and plastic waste associated with...

This $255,982 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of sustainable, cost-effective viral clearance membranes by Filtravate, Inc. to enable efficient monoclonal antibody processing. The NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program seeks technologies leading to breakthrough solutions for national challenges. Specifically, Filtravate will develop a virus filtration membrane using a synthesis process that is more sustainable and affordable than conventional...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $200,000 to Georgia Tech Research Corp to conduct research on the use of nanofiltration (NF) for removing short-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from contaminated water. The overarching goal is to elucidate the performance and mechanisms of (ultra)short-chain PFAS removal by NF through an integrated approach of experimental studies and computational modeling, including...

Superior Nano LLC received a $512,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant to develop dense nanolipid fluid systems for delivering drugs with poor bioavailability. The NSF funding supports research from June 2022 to May 2023 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program. This award will allow Superior Nano to advance scientific understanding of surfactant-lipid-water systems and create new knowledge applicable to manufacturing drug nanoparticles using twin-screw extrusion. By...

This $311,985 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program supports research on the scalable manufacturing of large-area thin films of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for separation applications. The University of Illinois, as the prime awardee, is using a combination of in-situ experimentation, modeling, and separation measurements to develop fundamental manufacturing knowledge on MOF thin film formation through scalable coating techniques like...

This $275,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award supports the development of a selective ion separation and recovery technology for wastewater treatment by Triangle Environmental Health Initiative LLC (Tri-Ehi), a Durham, North Carolina-based small business. The core innovation is an energy-efficient electrochemical process that can selectively remove contaminants from wastewater while simultaneously generating four...

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 $902,504 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of a scalable downstream purification process for gene therapy vectors by Isolere Bio, Inc. of Durham, North Carolina. The non-chromatographic method seeks to address current inefficiencies that lead to single digit yields by utilizing a polypeptide-based reagent combining affinity capture with phase separation and...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $524,307 SBIR Phase I project grant to Pure Spun Innovations (PSI) under the NOAA SBIR Program (CFDA 11.021). The purpose of the grant is to support the development of PSI's novel phase-change water/fluid purification technology using a NASA-validated vapor compression distillation (VCD) system. This technology aims to efficiently and effectively remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from wastewater, preventing...