Project Grant 20253361045090
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $599,646 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to Cellbae Inc., a woman-owned small business located in Berkeley, California. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, supports the development of "ACCELERATING FOOD SAFETY: NEXT-GENERATION FOODBORNE PATHOGEN RAPID TEST KITS WITH ENZYME...
- This $175,000 federal project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program will fund the development of an innovative AI-based post-harvest food quality and safety monitoring system by Interlink Electronics, Inc. The project aims to integrate next-generation printed toxic gas sensors with data fusion and smart analytics to create a low-cost sensor platform for...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $649,950 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to develop and evaluate magnetic ionic liquids (MILs) and deep eutectic solvents (DES) for the rapid concentration of foodborne viruses from food and environmental samples. This 3-year project aims to create portable, cost-effective methods for detecting low...
- This federal Project Grant award, provided by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), funds the development of a novel double-stage filter system to rapidly detect the presence of Salmonella bacteria in food products. The $299,999 award to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) aims to engineer an anti-fouling stirred cell device that can filter and collect...
- Cellbae Inc. received a $174,992 Small Business Innovation Research Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop rapid test kits for the detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica. The goal of the six-month project beginning July 1, 2023 is to verify the sensitivity and specificity of Cellbae's rapid test kit platform, which uses enzymatic amplification to increase detection sensitivity over conventional methods....
- This $650,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) aims to develop an advanced, real-time platform for verifying the effectiveness of surface sanitation processes in food processing environments. The key research objectives are: 1) Developing a biomimetic surrogate interface combined with vibrational spectroscopy and machine learning to predict sanitation...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $649,979 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to Primelabs LLC, a minority-owned, woman-owned small business. The grant will fund the development and commercialization of a low-cost, smartphone-based multispectral imaging (MSI) system integrated with artificial intelligence (AI) software. This system is designed to provide real-time insights into the...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program provides $591,497 to Missouri State University to develop a smartphone-based lateral flow assay (LFA) technology for the rapid, sensitive, and accurate detection of Salmonella in food samples. The goal is to create a simple, field-based test that can be used across the food supply chain to enhance public health...
- The Nucleic Sensing Systems LLC was awarded a $175,000 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). Through this funding, Nucleic Sensing Systems will develop autonomous biosensing technologies to monitor threats from the spread of diseases and pathogens in aquaculture. Specifically, the company will complete...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $689,028.47 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside. The grant will fund the development and evaluation of a nanoliter reactor that can digitalize and detect nucleic acid amplification-based techniques in a portable format. The goal is to enable rapid detection of foodborne pathogens from food...
This $175,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program supports the development of a new technology called HELIOCLEAN by Heliowave Technologies Inc., a small disadvantaged business based in College Station, Texas. The HELIOCLEAN system utilizes advanced biosensing reagents and a portable device to enable rapid, sensitive, and accurate detection of harmful foodborne pathogens like E. coli, Salmonella, and Listeria in agricultural products. This research aims to address the significant public health, safety, and economic impacts of foodborne illnesses by providing a cost-effective, portable testing solution that can be deployed pre- and post-harvesting, enabling broader applications compared to traditional time-consuming and expensive pathogen detection methods. The project involves designing efficient microbial extraction techniques, creating highly sensitive and specific biosensing probes, and integrating these components into an easy-to-use system. The ultimate goal is to develop, validate, and produce this HELIOCLEAN testing system to help reduce the risks associated with foodborne illnesses.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $175.0k | 8/29/25 |