Project Grant DESC0024066

Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) received a $999,890 Project Grant award from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Research program (CFDA 93.103) on September 30, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2027. The award supports development of a novel dry air plasma sterilization system designed to address critical limitations in current endoscope sterilization technologies. The system eliminates constraints associated with ethylene oxide (ETO) and vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP)...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $878,296 Cooperative Agreement to Surfplasma Inc., a minority-owned small business based in Gainesville, FL, to develop a rapid, low-temperature plasma prototype for disinfecting personal protective equipment (PPE), medical devices, food products and other materials from pathogens like COVID-19. The project, funded under NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to deliver a market-ready sterilization solution...

This SBIR Phase I Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $304,950 to Dayzero Water LLC to develop an effective, affordable, ultraviolet (UV) water treatment device. The project aims to create a simple, countertop appliance that uses UV light disinfection technology to produce safe drinking water, even when a community's water infrastructure is damaged by natural disasters. Key objectives include...

Federal Grant Award Summary Eden Park Illumination, Inc. received a $175,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212), effective September 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026. In partnership with food scientists at the University of Illinois, Eden Park Illumination is developing a compact, high-performance dual-wavelength (222 nanometer/405 nanometer) light...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a 3-year, $300,000 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Georgia Tech) to conduct fundamental research on the use of novel krypton chloride excimer lamps (KrCl* excilamps) emitting UV radiation at 222 nm for the degradation and mineralization of organic micropollutants in water and wastewater. The key objectives are to: 1) measure photolysis properties of...

AA Plasma LLC received a $195,839 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support work completing March 27, 2022. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Specifically, the funding will support AA Plasma's development and testing of pulsed plasma activated fog...

Heliowave Technologies Inc. received a $175,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212), awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for April 30, 2027. The award funds development of HELIOCLEAN, a portable, palm-sized biosensing device designed to rapidly detect foodborne pathogens including E. coli, Salmonella, and Listeria in agricultural...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a CAREER grant totaling $709,645 to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with performance through April 30, 2031. This project grant, funded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports fundamental research into microbial biofilm formation and control using UV (ultraviolet)-emitting glass (UEG) technology. The research will...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $249,532 supports the development of an inline particle monitoring system for sterile liquid filtration in food and beverage manufacturing via holographic imaging. Funded through the NSF Engineering Directorate's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the project advances digital holographic sensing and machine learning image processing to detect and characterize contaminants in real-time with single particle sensitivity. This rapid, label-free...

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $275,000 Project Grant to Water Illumination Inc., a small minority-owned business, to develop a tunable deep ultraviolet (UV)-based technology for the destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. This grant, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to create a cost-effective, chemical-free water treatment system capable of nearly complete PFAS elimination without...