Project Grant 2537652
- Federal Grant Award Summary Vectorwave Corporation received a $304,638 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The award funds development of a spectrum coexistence digital twin—an integrated hardware device designed to enable real-time interference filtering between commercial wireless and government radar systems....
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,993 to Amrf LLC, a small business located in San Jose, CA, focuses on the design and development of ultra-wideband beamforming integrated circuits. The project aims to establish the feasibility of using a novel radio-frequency fractional Hilbert transformation design theory to create wideband RF front-end systems with phased arrays, which have the potential to transform...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project award to OSO Semiconductor Inc., a minority-owned small business, will develop a new phased array communication technology to achieve lower power consumption, smaller form factors, and more affordable price targets. The $274,992 grant, awarded on December 15, 2023, will fund the development and testing of an ultra-low loss beamforming circuit that can be integrated into a unique low-power phased...
- This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships), aims to develop massively parallel protocols for software-based wireless systems. The $273,383 award, granted on September 15, 2023, will enable Lutris, Inc., the for-profit awardee, to demonstrate the feasibility of using commodity computing hardware and specially designed software to implement radio processing tasks at high speed. This approach has the potential...
- This $275,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of a prototype transceiver integrated circuit with wide frequency flexibility. The goal is to create a tunable and programmable radio frequency (RF) transceiver that can achieve the benefits of both hardware-tuned and software-defined radio approaches, addressing limitations in existing software-defined radio technologies....
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary This collaborative research project grant, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering under CFDA 47.041, was awarded on January 1, 2026, with total federal obligations of $210,000 and a completion date of December 31, 2028. The award funds the development of an innovative radio frequency (RF) signal propagation modeling framework designed to advance next-generation wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi 7 and sixth-generation...
- Distributed Spectrum Inc. was awarded a $251,904 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on January 1, 2022 to develop ultra-low-cost distributed spectrum monitoring technologies. The award is part of the NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), which seeks to advance science and engineering research leading to breakthrough technologies and solutions to national challenges. Under this Phase I Small Business Innovation Research award expiring December 31,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Wave Lumina Inc. received a $305,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), effective May 15, 2025 through April 30, 2026. The awardee will develop a portable field screening device for rapid detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water environments. The device integrates surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Afference Inc. received a $305,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) effective July 15, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2026. The company is developing neural haptics technology—a novel wearable interface solution that uses peripheral nerve stimulation to create artificial sensations of touch in consumer electronics. This...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $380,000 project grant awarded June 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The three-year award, with completion scheduled for May 31, 2028, funds research and development of high dynamic-range software-defined radio front-ends designed to mitigate interference in future radio...
Award Details: AK Innovations LLC (doing business as Philowave) received a $305,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The award was obligated on July 1, 2026, with a completion date of December 31, 2027, and is being performed in West Lafayette, Indiana. Project Scope: This feasibility study investigates the development of an on-chip, real-time radiofrequency (RF) interference detection system designed to enhance wireless spectrum utilization. The technology leverages a non-resonant open transmission line structure that detects interference across multiple octaves of instantaneous bandwidth in less than one microsecond while consuming minimal power in the milliwatt range. The research addresses a critical need for spectrum monitoring to support emerging technologies such as spectrum sharing and 6G systems. While the underlying concept has been validated at the printed circuit board level, this Phase I project will advance the technology toward integrated circuit design and mass production, with potential commercialization as either a standalone device or intellectual property license. The resulting innovation is expected to improve spectral efficiency in cellular networks and expand available wireless spectrum capacity, addressing the projected need for an additional 400 megahertz of licensed spectrum by 2027.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $305.0k | 6/23/26 |