Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

Small business innovation research (SBIR) is a U.S. government program in which federal agencies with large research and development (R&D) budgets set aside a small fraction of their funding for competitions among small businesses only. Small businesses that win awards in these programs retain the rights to any technology developed and are encouraged to commercialize the technology.

Each year (typically in September), the Department of Energy (DOE) issues a funding opportunity solicitation inviting small businesses to apply for SBIR grants. For more specific information, see the DOE Office of Science SBIR/STTR website.

Current

See also: current SBIR abstracts and Past Awards

PI (Last Name)	PI (First Name)	Institution	Project Start	Project End	Title
Sonnenfroh	David	Physical Sciences Inc.	May 2018	May 2020	Ultracompact Laser Ceilometer for Boundary Layer and Cloud Height Retrievals
Stanton	Alan	Southwest Sciences, Inc.	April 2017	September 2019	Portable nitrous oxide sensor for understanding agricultural and soil emissions
Tannian	Bridget	Spectral Sciences, Inc.	May 2019	May 2021	Compact, High Performance, Drone-mounted Spectral Imaging System for Ecosystem Carbon-Cycle

Past Awards

PI (Last Name)	PI (First Name)	Institution	Project Start	Project End	Title
Albert	Michael	Fibertek, Inc,	February 2017	February 2018	Novel Compact Ceilometer
Clemens	Peter	Headwall Photonics, Inc.	February 2016	September 2016	Minitaurized VNIR-SWIR Hyperspectral Sensor Technology Platform for Unmanned Aerial Systems
Pieper	Sean	Sporian Microsystems, Inc.	February 2016	November 2016	Miniaturized UAS Spectroradiometer for Quantifying Ecosystems
Swanson	Rand	Resonon, Inc.	April 2016	April 2019	A Compact, Broad-Band Hyperspectral SpectroRadiometer
Ulmer	Chris	Physical Optics Corporation	April 2016	January 2019	Mass Spectroscopy for Atmospheric Gas Analysis
Zang	Fang	Physical Optics Corporation	February 2016	November 2016	High Resolution Miniature Multiband Spectroradiometer for UAS Platforms
Thorpe	Michael	Bridger Photonics, Inc.	April 2015	April 2017	Lidar-Based High Resolution 3D Imager and Remote Gas Sensor: A New Paradigm for Terrestrial Environmental Monitoring
Sabin	Gerald	Rnet Technologies, Inc.	April 2015	April 2018	Ground Penetrating Radar System and Algorithms for Fine Root Analysis
Stanton	Alan	Southwest Sciences, Inc.	February 2014	February 2018	Portable Nitrous Oxide Sensor for Understanding Agricultural and Soil Emissions
Walsh	David	Vista Clara Inc.	April 2015	January 2018	Low Cost, Autonomous NMR and Multi-sensor Soil Monitoring Instrument
Choi	Jae	Physical Optics Corp.	April 2016	April 2018	Mass Spectroscopy for Atmospheric Gas Analysis
Dupuis	Julia	Physical Sciences Inc.	April 2016	April 2018	High Speed VNIR/SWIR Hyperspectral Imager for Quantifying Terrestrial Ecosystems
Goldstein	Neil	Spectral Sciences Inc.	April 2017	April 2019	Compact, High Performance, Drone-mounted Spectral Imaging System for Ecosystem Carbon-Cycle Characterization and Agricultural Monitoring
Ulmer	Chris	Physical Optics Corp.	February 2017	November 2017	Low-Power Micro Ceilometer
zzz		Li-cor Biosciences (SBIR, Phase II)		2013	Low Cost Small Sample Volume High Precision Carbon Dioxide Analyzer
zzz		Southwest Sciences, Inc. (SBIR, Phase II)		2013	Optical Tomography for 3D Imaging of Fine Roots

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