Project Grant PR0090C4N031101

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 aims to develop innovative, recyclable nylon textile yarns. The project focuses on modifying nylon fibers to enhance their elasticity and recovery, enabling them to replace pollutive elastic polyurethane-based fibers like elastane (Lycra) in performance apparel. The goal is to create a monomaterial nylon textile that can be 100% recycled, reducing textile waste. The...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded Stanwade Metal Products Incorporated a $183,850 Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Project Grant on December 26, 2023. This CFDA 10.868 grant supports the development of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements for agricultural producers and rural small businesses. The funding will be used by Stanwade Metal Products for renewable energy projects such as solar panel installations, wind...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $274,996 to Opticalx, LLC, a small disadvantaged business located in Tracy, CA, to develop an optical solution for detecting and tracking small space debris. The project, titled "Space-Time Projection Optical Tomography (SPOT)", aims to leverage graphical processing unit (GPU) computing to enable the detection of space debris...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,299,988 Project Grant under its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to Space Balloon Technologies Corp, doing business as Spaceloon. The grant supports the development of Spaceloon's novel Controlled Altitude Ballooning (CAB) platform, which can perform bi-directional sampling across atmospheric layers from the troposphere to the mesosphere. The CAB technology involves a hardware and software combination that...

The South Carolina Department of Commerce received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the Small Business Administration Office of International Trade on September 30, 2022 to increase exports for small businesses in the state under the State Trade Expansion Program. The grant period runs through September 29, 2024. The State Trade Expansion Program aims to increase the number of small businesses exporting and the value of exports for small businesses already engaged in international trade. With...

The S S Designs Inc. was awarded a $844,993 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) CFDA 10.868. The grant, awarded on January 11, 2024, supports the provision of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements for agricultural producers and rural small businesses. The funding will be used for projects such as solar panel installations, wind turbines, geothermal systems,...

This $1 million Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's National Park Service will preserve the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association (MVCMA) Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. Funded through the Save America's Treasures federal grant program, the award will replace the Tabernacle's roof. The MVCMA will provide $500,000 in matching funds for this preservation work. As an important example of the 19th century religious camp meeting movement, the Tabernacle played a key role...

This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop novel, sustainable textile fibers and fabrics derived from seaweed biopolymers and nanomaterials. The project seeks to create a plastic-free, multifunctional textile material with enhanced properties such as fire resistance, UV protection, and heat shielding, which can serve as an alternative to fossil fuel-based textiles....

Teliatry Inc. received a $768,138 project grant award from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to develop a minimally invasive, single incision, rechargeable spinal cord stimulation system for chronic pain management. The grant was awarded under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program. Through this award, Teliatry will engineer the world's smallest (0.75cc), most cost-effective...

The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA) will receive $118,913.96 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region. The award is part of the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities federal grant program (CFDA 15.931), which supports natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education projects on Department of the Interior lands. Under the April 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022...