Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants will provide early-stage capital for 17 U.S. small businesses
The NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program has awarded $11,009,857 in Phase II SBIR grants to 17 small businesses. This seed funding will support research and development of innovative technologies in the NOAA mission space. The winning proposals represent projects across multiple research topic areas, which include: Extreme Events and Cascading Hazards; Coastal Resilience; The Changing Ocean; Water Availability, Quality, and Risk; Effects of Space Weather; and Monitoring and Modeling for Climate Change Mitigation.
The NOAA Phase II competition is open to small businesses that completed a Phase I project funded by the NOAA SBIR Program during the previous fiscal year competition. Phase II is an opportunity for high-performing small businesses to expand on promising feasibility and proof-of-concept testing conducted during Phase I, and to further advance the development of technologies. NOAA Phase II awards are funded at a maximum of $650,000 over 2 years.
The list of NOAA Phase II awardees and their projects titles include:
| Extreme Events and Cascading Hazards | |
| Anuma Aerospace, LLC | Persistently Elevated Gas-free Aerostatic Sensor Utility System (PEGASUS) |
| Climate Forecast Applications Network, LLC (CFAN) | Applying AI to forecasting compound extreme weather events |
| Coastal Resilience | |
| Connectsix, LLC | Time-Gated Optical Aquatic Sensors (TGOAS) |
| LineSpect, LLC | HABCamera Harmful Algal Bloom Predictor |
| WaiHome, LLC | Affordable Wastewater Disposal for Coastal Households Adapting to Sea Level Rise |
| The Changing Ocean | |
| Applied Ocean Sciences | A Visibility Risk Assessment Tool for Maritime Operations |
| Pacific Hybreed, Inc. | Production of high-yielding Manila clam seed through family-based breeding and polyploidy selection |
| Viable Gear, LLC | Manufacturing an innovative seaweed-based bioplastic to replace petroleum-based plastic used in fishing and aquaculture gear |
| Water Availability, Quality, and Risk | |
| Hydrosat, Inc. | Hydrosat: Commercial Onramp of Next-Generation Satellite Thermal Data for Major Societal Impact |
| Salient Predictions, Inc. | Machine learning and ocean variables for improved predictions of water availability in the U.S. |
| Transcend Engineering and Technology, LLC | Increasing water use efficiency by addressing sensor cost barriers using novel technology |
| Effects of Space Weather | |
| Ensemble Government Services, LLC | Developing a Neutral Density Monitoring and Alert Service for satellite operators |
| NeXolve Holding Company | Active Material Technology to Improve Solar Sail Performance for Space Weather Monitoring |
| Orbotic Systems, Inc. | In-Situ Space Weather Analysis |
| Space Environment Technologies (DBA SpaceWX) | Nitric Oxide Measurements to improve Atmospheric Densities (NOMAD) |
| Monitoring and Modeling for Climate Change Mitigation | |
| Jaia Robotics, Inc. | Sea Air Boundary Energy Transfer Measurements Using Micro-Sized UxVs |
| Space Balloon Technologies Corp. (DBA Spaceloon) | Bi-directional platform for data collection up to the mesosphere |
Additional information about NOAA SBIR awards from FY24 and previous years can be found here, including abstracts of successful proposals and comments on anticipated results.
The NOAA SBIR Program is located within the NOAA Technology Partnerships Office. To learn about upcoming NOAA SBIR events, workshops, and requests for proposals, sign up for the NOAA SBIR email list and follow the NOAA Technology Partnerships Office on LinkedIn and X @NOAAinnovate.
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Published on October 2, 2024
Media contact: Monica Allen monica.allen@noaa.gov