Project Grant 20243353041779
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $649,989 Project Grant to Aether LLC, a small business located in Lovettsville, VA, under the SBIR/STTR Program (CFDA 10.212). The award funds the development of a commercially viable technology that can monitor methane emissions from various sources, including livestock farms, rice paddies, landfills, and oil and gas infrastructure. The proposed solution will provide real-time air pollution data...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service awarded a $526,500 Cooperative Agreement on May 20, 2024 to Aerodyne Research Inc., a small business manufacturer and research and development company based in Billerica, Massachusetts. The award is funded through the USDA Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001) and supports a project titled "Evaluating Variability in Emissions at Swine and Dairy Operations." The project aims to...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $181,498 Project Grant to Skyvision Sciences, LLC, a small business based in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, under the USDA SBIR/STTR program (CFDA 10.212). The grant supports the development of a hybrid semiconductor light-harvesting material that can be combined with a nickel-based molecular catalyst to simultaneously produce hydrogen gas and convert forest residues into valuable organic...
- This federal Project Grant award of $650,000.00 from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is funding a 24-month effort by Home Grown Fuels, Inc., a woman-owned small business, to develop an in-situ phytoremediation approach for remediating PFAS-contaminated soils and returning farmland to productivity. The project aims to create commercially viable technological solutions to address environmental challenges in agricultural...
- Under this U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 2 project, Ondavia, Inc. is developing, prototyping, validating, and commercializing an in-line, automated, semi-continuous instrument to monitor and measure the nitrogen cycle in water using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). The $600,000 award supports the assembly and testing of a prototype analyzer for automated, quantitative analysis...
- 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...
- This $181,459 Project Grant was awarded on September 15, 2025 by the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The grant recipient, Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Gardena, California, is advancing their compact, low-cost, energy-efficient ammonia monitoring system for enclosed livestock housing. This system features real-time monitoring capabilities and a modular design that...
- This USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program award (CFDA 10.212) provides $647,446 to Cache Environmental Laboratories, P.C. to develop and commercially deploy a biochar-based electrochemical impedance PFAS detector technology. The funding supports research and development to create a portable, low-cost device capable of reliably measuring per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances...
- The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $256,500 Project Grant to Nikira Labs Inc. under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a mobile urban aerosol composition analysis system. The system will utilize a robust multi-pass cell and mid-infrared fingerprint region spectroscopy to provide high-resolution atmospheric measurements. This grant-funded project supports the DOE Office of Science's mission to deliver scientific discoveries and tools...
- EIC Laboratories, Inc. received a $100,000 Project Grant award 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. The award will support EIC Laboratories' work to develop Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sandwich assays for disease diagnosis in rural areas from July 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022. The SBIR/STTR programs are intended to...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment awarded Nikira Labs Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged and woman-owned business, a $181,500 Project Grant under the USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The funding will support the development of an advanced SBIR analyzer to measure volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from agricultural activities. This technology aims to provide researchers improved tools to quantify VOC emissions, enabling mitigation efforts to benefit agricultural communities. The project aligns with the Clean Air Act's requirements for states to identify and mitigate pollution, as the SBIR analyzer will allow for in-situ measurement of VOCs to support state implementation plans. The grant has an award date of July 1, 2024, and a target completion by February 28, 2025.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $181.5k | 2/23/24 |