Project Grant DESC0024956

Coastaloceanvision Inc. was awarded a $300,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a novel surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) technology for rapidly detecting and quantifying human pathogens in seafood. The SERS technology uses a higher energy laser wavelength, an innovative mixture of silver-coated nanoparticles, and a fiber optic probe designed for direct use on seafood tissues and environmental...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $1,354,056 to the University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography to jointly implement a new measurement technique called distributed acoustic sensing. This technique will generate high-resolution (10 m in space, minutes in time) images of ocean temperature and current velocity fields above a 34-km cable laid on the seafloor off the Azores islands. The goal is to...

The Synthetik Applied Technologies LLC project, funded through a $399,972 two-year Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Small Business Innovation Research Program, aims to develop a new low-cost hyperspectral imaging module and distributed deep learning platform to combat seafood fraud and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. The SBIR program seeks to stimulate technological innovation to meet federal research needs and increase...

This $149,872 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021), aims to develop a community-driven marine coastal data ecosystem. Cell Matrix Corporation will create a participatory sensor network and scalable cloud service to support geospatial object and database queries. A mobile app will motivate mariners to interact and provide timely geospatial feature updates. The viability of an...

Biospherical Instruments, Inc. was awarded $299,996 under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Small Business Innovation Research Program to develop a new technology for reducing biofouling on radiometers measuring light in ocean waters. The project aims to install ultraviolet C light-emitting diodes inside radiometers to inhibit biofouling using germicidal UV-C radiation without interfering with radiometric measurements. Key objectives during the initial six-month phase include...

Adelphi Technology Inc. received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a portable analyzer for ultra-sensitive detection and quantification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in shellfish. The funding was provided through the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research Program under Assistance Listing 11.021, which seeks to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector and strengthen the role of small businesses in meeting...

The Department of the Navy, through its Office of Naval Research, awarded a $1,201,374 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories to support research measuring and analyzing temporal variations in acoustic propagations as part of the Northern Ocean Rapid Surface Evolution experiment from September 2021 through September 2025. The grant funding will support the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories' applied scientific research efforts...

Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences (CFDA 47.050 – Geosciences program) awarded the University of Washington $299,987 under an Exploratory Research (EAGER) Project Grant, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2027, to develop BOBBERONE, a low-cost, portable acoustic sensing float for cross-trophic biological observation in coastal waters. The primary deliverable is an integrated Internet of Things (IoT) instrument combining active and passive...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $221,015 to the University of New Hampshire from February 2022 to January 2024 to investigate changes in Arctic Ocean phytoplankton and track the vertical export of organic carbon they produce. Working with optical oceanography experts at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the University will analyze data from 2010-2021 field campaigns measuring inherent and apparent optical...

This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $2,395,822, was granted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.012). The overarching goal of the project is to enable robust real-time monitoring of harmful algal blooms (HABs) via satellite-based telemetry. The award supports the extension of the Phyto-ARM open-source platform, which integrates diverse sensors, movement devices, and edge AI...