Project Grant 20233353040067
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212), awarded a $650,000 Project Grant to S4 Mobile Laboratories LLC. The purpose of the award is to extend the generalizability and improve the accuracy and precision of the company's "SubTerra Green" system, a mobile soil laboratory that uses visible/near-infrared spectroscopic probes to...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award to Vitidore, Inc. for $248,912 will fund the development of a machine learning-based software modeling system to quantify soil carbon sequestration and other agronomic metrics associated with a hybrid perennial grass cover crop used in specialty crop farming systems. The prototype software system aims to enable third-party verification of high-quality carbon offsets, provide feedback on important...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,998,204 Cooperative Agreement on January 17, 2025 to Appalachian Carbon Exchange, LLC to establish a silvopasture reforestation program in rural Appalachia. The funding is provided through the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731), which aims to support climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners. The program will deliver cost-sharing, technical...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Sky Harvest Resources, LLC, a small business based in Dallas, Texas, under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The award supports the "Carbon Credit Landowner Access Project" with a performance period from August 6, 2024 to March 31, 2027. The project aims to help underserved private forest landowners participate in emerging environmental markets,...
- Forest Concepts LLC received a $175,000 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212), effective September 1, 2025, through April 30, 2027. The award supports the development and optimization of an integrated size reduction and drying system for producing micronized woody biomass feedstock with an average particle size of 200-500 micrometers at a minimum production rate of 5 metric...
- 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 U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $181,500 Project Grant to Visimo LLC, operating as Visimo Consulting, to develop a risk mitigation software application for the forestry industry. Visimo's proposed solution will use machine learning and subject-matter expertise to predict the environmental impact of forestry operations and provide real-time mitigation strategies to reduce degradation. The goal is to create an efficient,...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $4,582,975 Project Grant to the National Bobwhite And Grassland Initiative Foundation, Inc. under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant aims to support climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners across the United States. Key activities include providing cost-sharing, technical assistance, outreach, and education to help landowners...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project grant, awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), is focused on developing novel soil organic matter (SOM) amendment techniques to improve nutrient supply, sustain agriculture, and provide long-term, deep soil carbon sequestration to combat climate change. The $274,390 award to Earthen Carbon LLC aims to: 1) demonstrate viable integration of the SOM...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Terracity LLC received a $175,000 project grant award from the USDA's Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212) on September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for May 14, 2026. The awardee will develop TREE-MAP (Technical Resource for Evaluating and Enhancing Municipal Arboriculture Planning), a software tool designed to assist rural communities and smaller municipalities in...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $124,481 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program project grant to Working Trees, Inc., a for-profit climate-tech startup. The grant, awarded on July 15, 2023, with a completion date of March 14, 2024, aims to commercialize Working Trees' existing prototypes for a mobile app that uses a smartphone's camera and LiDAR to measure carbon sequestration in silvopasture systems. Silvopasture, the intentional incorporation of productive trees onto pasture, has been shown to improve the resilience and profitability of pasture systems, particularly for smaller cow-calf operations facing tight margins. The app will enable pasture owners in the U.S. Southeast to access carbon markets and generate revenue from carbon sequestration on their properties, while also making their operations more resilient to climate change.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $124.5k | 7/6/23 |