Project Grant DESC0004594

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop optimized high surface area functionalized nanomaterials for parts per billion (PPB) gas sensing using machine learning models. The $274,991 award to Atmosense, Inc., a minority-owned small business located in San Diego, CA, will fund the research and development of advanced materials...

This federal Project Grant award of $306,341 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113), is supporting the development of a high-throughput, automated air sample analysis platform (ASAP) by Access Sensor Technologies LLC, a small business located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The ASAP system is designed to enable large-scale characterization of the "air exposome" by automating the analysis of hundreds of air...

This STTR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to transition the Ti:Sapphire-on-Insulator (Ti:SaOI) platform from an academic demonstration to a wafer-scale, CMOS-foundry compatible process. The $275,000 award, with a performance period from February 15, 2025 to October 31, 2025, will enable the scalable production of integrated Ti:Sapphire lasers and amplifiers in the wavelength range...

Impact Photonics LLC received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible single photon avalanche diode. The SBIR program is intended to support scientific research and development that has the potential for commercialization. Under this Phase I award made on November 1, 2021 for a one-year period ending December 31, 2022, Impact Photonics...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $1,223,668 to fund the development of an autonomous robotic system for inspecting hazardous industrial infrastructure in flammable and explosive environments. The project, led by Pike Robotics Inc., aims to advance a wall-climbing robotic platform designed to conduct autonomous inspections inside hazardous, explosive environments commonly found in...

This SBIR Phase I project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, is focused on developing a groundbreaking architecture for thermal imaging lenses. The key objectives are to create smaller, lighter, and less expensive thermal imaging lenses using abundant semiconductor materials like silicon, while eliminating both image noise and chromatic aberration. This innovation aims to reduce the size and weight of...

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center awarded a $2,500,000.00 Cooperative Agreement to Missouri State University under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to assess a multi-functional gas sensor array platform for harmful gas and analyte monitoring. The objective is to improve and assess a multi-functional gas sensor array demonstrator through field tests and lifecycle analysis to...

This federal Project Grant award of $168,243.00 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports research conducted by Aimilight Sensors And Intelligent Systems Inc. to develop a real-time tritiated gas composition analysis system using waveguide enhanced optical spectroscopy. The project aims to advance fusion fuel cycle technologies through the creation of an innovative gas analysis platform. The award period extends from February 18,...

This SBIR Phase I project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to develop an advanced thermal oxidizer technology to cost-effectively control greenhouse gas emissions, specifically methane, as well as toxic/carcinogenic organic compounds and odors from small emission sources. The $256,657 award to Rotoheater LLC, awarded on February 15, 2024, will support research and development into a novel,...

This $256,000 National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I Project Grant to Airomatix, Inc. supports the development of a portable oxygen concentrator capable of producing breathable oxygen at higher flow rates than current models. The concentrator utilizes a novel photocatalytic reaction to separate oxygen from ambient air and store it in a chemical solution. It will then release oxygen on demand through a temperature-controlled reaction. During the one-year period of performance ending March 2023,...