This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) provides $525,000 to Live Advantage Bait, LLC to develop an innovative manufacturing technology for fish spawning implants. The funding will enable three key research trials: (1) demonstrating the new manufacturing method can produce analytically stable hormone implants, (2) evaluating target animal safety, and (3) assessing the efficacy of...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded General Benefit Corporation CD3 a $500,000 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research Program from July 2021 to June 2023. The grant supports the development of continuous environmental DNA monitoring technologies for early detection of aquaculture diseases. The NOAA SBIR Program seeks to stimulate technological innovation to strengthen the role of small businesses in meeting federal research needs and increase...
The $150,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund the development of automated image detection and machine learning systems for aquaculture production by Radmantis LLC. The company aims to pioneer the use of edge computing devices integrated with computer vision and artificial intelligence to autonomously monitor fish farms for early disease detection and permit sorting and handling of fish by...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $499,919 Small Business Innovation Research Program project grant to AA Plasma LLC to develop non-equilibrium short-pulsed discharge technology for removal of antibiotics and pathogens from aquacultural water facilities. The SBIR program seeks to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector to meet federal research needs. AA Plasma LLC will use the two-year grant period beginning July 2021 to advance a plasma discharge...
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...
Mimetics, LLC received a $149,191 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through the Small Business Innovation Research Program. The grant funded the development of yeast-based biosensors for detecting pathogenic bacteria in aquaculture systems from September 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022. The Small Business Innovation Research Program seeks to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector and strengthen the role of small businesses in meeting...
The Aifish LLC was awarded a $300,000 project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Small Business Innovation Research Program to develop advanced data analysis tools for electronic monitoring in fisheries management. NOAA's SBIR program supports small businesses in stimulating technological innovation to meet federal research needs. Aifish will provide data analytics software to help fisheries managers efficiently process large volumes of video and sensor data...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $525,000 Project Grant under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) to Quantitative Biosciences, Inc., a for-profit company located in San Diego, California. The funding will support the development of a nanobody-based biosensor platform for the continuous real-time monitoring of cyanotoxins, such as microcystin, in aquatic ecosystems. This novel sensor technology aims to enable early detection...
This two-year, $600,000 project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will create enterprise budgets for four clam species and analyze risks in operating a clam aquaculture business in Florida. Funded under NOAA's Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program, the project aims to provide suggestions to support future industry investments and insurance practices. Live Advantage Bait, LLC (doing business as Totally...
Lynntech Inc. was awarded a $399,174 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research Program to develop a rapid point-of-use method to identify seafood species. The two-year grant running from February 2021 to January 2023 will support Lynntech's efforts to create a portable identification tool for distinguishing between seafood species, addressing a need for reliable, on-site testing in the seafood industry. The NOAA...