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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $649,986 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. to develop an affordable, reliable, and accurate water quality monitoring system that can be mounted on a drone. The project aims to overcome limitations of existing water quality monitoring methods by integrating proven...

This $150,000 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will support the development of a new smartphone-enabled water quality monitoring data platform by Syntro TEK Corporation. Funded through the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR), the platform aims to advance NOAA's goal of increasing public engagement in environmental research and monitoring. Under the award, Syntro TEK will develop quantitative water test strips fortified with standards, a...

This $2,495,019 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will support the development and deployment of a smart, cloud-connected electrochemical sensor network to monitor drinking water quality in several socioeconomically diverse Massachusetts communities. The University of Massachusetts Lowell will work with community stakeholders and sub-awardees Loyola University Chicago, the Young Women's...

The U.S. Geological Survey awarded a $499,999 Cooperative Agreement under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) to Cornell University to develop a distributed sensor network that integrates edge-AI and photogrammetric techniques to automate real-time urban flood monitoring and mapping. Key deliverables include: A minimum viable product (MVP) sensor network to map urban pluvial flood extents and depths in real-time, including storm sewer stage...

Swift Engineering Inc. received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Small Business Innovation Research Program to develop an Internet of Things-enabled water sensor solution called Kelp. The buoy-based Kelp system will monitor multiple water quality parameters with high-resolution, near real-time data collection for emerging markets in estuarine environmental monitoring, dam facilities, harmful algae bloom monitoring, and...

This $650,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of engineered microbial sensors for assessing water quality. The primary objective is to create new low-cost sensing systems that can detect chemicals in water throughout the water cycle, including wastewater treatment, drinking water, industrial use, and stormwater discharges. The project employs a convergence research...

The University of Hawaii at Manoa will receive $999,450 under a Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to advance in situ water quality monitoring technologies. Funded through NOAA's Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417), this project will further the development of a continuous, real-time fluorescence probe and enterococcus sampling to provide same-day water quality data for the Ala Wai Canal, harbor and nearby surf zones. Water samples will be analyzed...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Convergence Accelerator program (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) provides $649,984 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, to develop a compact, customizable chemical sensing system integrated with new microsensors and data management/analytics technologies. The goal is to accurately quantify and monitor high-priority water...

This Project Grant award of $524,799, issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021), will fund the research and development of a novel analytics toolchain to provide early warnings for debris jams in urban drainage systems, streams, and rivers. The key objectives of this 6-month project are: 1) developing transfer learning algorithms to support automated anomaly detection from wireless water...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,949,973 Project Grant under its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to Connectsix LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Clearwater, Florida. The two-year award, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, supports the research and development of prototype optical sensors capable of measuring water properties and biological constituents, including those associated with harmful algal...