Project Grant 1940212

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded Interdisciplinary Consulting Corp (IC2) a $181,479 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The grant supports IC2's development of a low-cost, novel ultrasonic sensor system optimized for insect detection. The project aims to create a MEMS sensor and wireless data acquisition system capable of remotely...

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...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $275,000 SBIR Phase I project grant to Agile RF Systems LLC to develop and demonstrate a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) radar processing module for significantly enhanced detection of severe weather events such as tornadoes, hail, and wind shear. During the 9-month project, the company will develop and simulate MIMO radar algorithms, implement them in an existing four-channel software defined radar, and compare the MIMO performance to single input...

Farmsense, Inc. received a $275,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The award supports the development of an automated, digital classification and counting system for mosquitoes to enable more effective vector control. The project aims to create an end-to-end digital platform for mosquito surveillance that can support the work of vector control districts. The platform will leverage real-time insect...

Field Data Services LLC was awarded a $165,685 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The funding will support a Phase I SBIR project to determine the technical feasibility of using newly available light detection and ranging (LiDAR) on a chip technology to detect insect pollinators and characterize...

Application Insight, LLC was awarded a $649,693 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to develop a high pressure chemical delivery system for aerial application platforms from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024. The SBIR/STTR programs are intended to support technological innovation through the investment of...

The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $650,000 Project Grant to Agrofocal Technologies, Inc. under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The funding supports the development of Agrofocal's real-time crop monitoring system that can be mounted on any vehicle to provide high-resolution, under-the-canopy images of crops. This system enables farmers to monitor crop health,...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $981,168 Cooperative Agreement under its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Solarid Ar LLC, a minority-owned, veteran-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned limited liability company. This 2-year project aims to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven insect trapping and identification system that can detect, identify, and quantify insects entering insect control devices in real-time. The primary objective is to...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) to Care Weather Technologies Inc., a for-profit corporate entity, to develop VEERY, a nanosatellite-based scatterometer system. The purpose of this Phase I project is to demonstrate the feasibility of key improvements to Care Weather's attitude determination and control systems (ADCS), radio, and radar technologies, which are...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $649,986 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. for the development of an affordable, reliable, and accurate water quality monitoring system that can be mounted on a drone. The project aims to overcome limitations of current water quality monitoring methods by...