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.
Recent Projects
| PI | Institution | Period | Project | Awarded to Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas, Ross | SyntroTek Corporation, Boulder, CO | 02/18/2020 - 02/17/2021 | Solid-State Multiparameter Water Quality Sensors for Performing Robust Hyporheic Zone Measurements | $200,000.00 | Active |
| Yang, William | BaySpec, Inc., San Jose, CA | 02/18/2020 - 02/17/2021 | Spectral Near-Infrared and Thermal Infrared Imaging for Advanced Estimation of Thermal and Geochemical Soil-Plant -Water Properties | $199,996.00 | Active |
| Ferry, Michael | Quantitative BioSciences Inc., San Diego, CA | 02/18/2020 - 02/17/2021 | A Low-Power Platform for Selective Sensing of Metals and Nutrients using Engineered Bacterial Autolysis | $206,500.00 | Active |
| Farrington, Stephen | Transcend Engineering and Technology, LLC, Gaysville, VT | 02/18/2020 - 02/17/2021 | Soil Moisture Flux Sensor using Machine Intelligence | $199,977.00 | Active |
| Chaudhary, Aashish | Kitware Inc., Clifton Park, NY | 02/18/2020 - 02/17/2021 | ResonantHPC: HPC Enabled Pre-and-Post-Processing with Jupyter | $199,999.00 | Active |
| Johnson, William | Michigan Aerospace Corp., Ann Arbor, MI | 02/18/2020 - 02/17/2021 | Development of Low-Cost In-Situ Laser Sensor for Measurement of Turbidity/Bathymetry/Flow Speed from UAVs and Ground Stations | $206,497.00 | Active |
| Roscioli, Joseph | Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA | 02/18/2020 - 11/17/2020 | Development of Spatially and Temporally-Resolved Subsurface Measurements of Hydrogen, its Isotopes, and other Trace Gase | $199,997.00 | Active |
| Zhang, Lihua | Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA | 02/18/2020 - 11/17/2020 | Optode Films for Real-Time Soil, Rhizosphere, and Subsurface Monitoring | $206,483.00 | Active |
| Ray, Anamika | InnoSense LLC, Torrance, CA | 02/18/2020 - 11/17/2020 | Multiarray Sensors for Real Time Detection of Microbial Metabolites in Watersheds and Sub-surface Systems | $206,499.00 | Active |
| Bomse, David | Mesa Photonics, LLC, Santa Fe, NM | 02/18/2020 - 11/17/2020 | Downhole Raman Analyzer for Soil Gases at Discrete Depths | $206,415.00 | Active |
| Versteeg, Roelof | Subsurface Insights, Hanover, NH | 02/18/2020 - 12/17/2020 | Hyporheic Zone Sensing System | $200,000.00 | Active |
| Fisher, Matthew | Innovative Wireless Technologies, Inc., Lynchburg, VA | 04/06/2020 - 04/05/2022 | Integrated Sensor Network Provides Near Real-Time Temporal and Spatial Measurements for Capturing In Situ Parameters to Characterize Fate and Transport of Solutes in Hydrobiogeochemical Systems | $2,807,908.00 | Active |
| Grunewald, Elliot | Vista Clara Inc., Mukilteo, WA | 04/06/2020 - 04/05/2022 | Switched-Field Surface NMR for Enhanced Detection and Resolution of Shallow Groundwater | $1,781,493.00 | Active |
| Jensen, Erik | HJ Science & Technology, Inc., Berkeley, CA | 04/10/2017 - 04/09/2021 | Portable Microfluidic Platform for Real-Time, High Sensitivity Identification and Analysis of Microbes and Microbial Populations | $1,724,411.00 | Active |
| Bomse, David | Mesa Photonics, LLC, Santa Fe, NM | 04/10/2017 - 06/30/2021 | Practical Isotopic Analyzer for Subsurface Gases | $1,722,898.00 | Active |
| Nuzzio, Donald | Analytical Instrument Systems, Inc., Ringoes, NJ | 04/10/2017 - 11/02/2020 | Biogeochemical Characterization of Redox Species | $1,168,440.00 | Active |
| Kang, Yuhong | NanoSonic, Inc., Pembroke, VA | 05/21/2018 - 05/20/2021 | Integrated Nanomembrane based Chemical Field Effect Transistors (ChemFETs) for Groundwater Monitoring | $1,740,000.00 | Active |
| Ghosh, Ruby | Opti O2, LLC, Okemos, MI | 05/21/2018 - 05/20/2021 | Real-time Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring for Understanding Biogeochemical Processes in the Hanford Reach Columbia River Hyporheic Zone | $1,716,617.00 | Active |
| Ghosh, Ruby | Opti O2, LLC, Okemos, MI | 05/21/2018 - 05/20/2021 | Persistent Monitoring of Dissolved Oxygen as a Control on the Bio-Geochemical Cycles within the Coastal/Terrestrial Interface | $1,729,148.00 | Active |
| Savich, Gregory | Amethyst Research, Inc., Ardmore, OK | 05/21/2018 - 05/20/2021 | Resonant Cavity Light Emitting Diodes for Infrared Gas Spectroscopy | $1,726,850.00 | Active |
| Bomse, David | Mesa Photonics, LLC, Santa Fe, NM | 05/21/2018 - 05/20/2021 | Portable, Low Power Soil Gas Analyzer | $1,738,789.00 | Active |
| Grunewald, Elliot | Vista Clara Inc., Mukilteo, WA | 05/21/2018 - 10/31/2020 | Dynamic NMR Logging Technologies for High-Resolution Measurement of Hydrogeologic Properties and Soil Response | $1,739,951.00 | Active |
| Ray, Anamika | InnoSense LLC, Torrance, CA | 05/21/2018 - 11/20/2020 | Portable Nanowire Platform for Quasi Real-Time and Ultrasensitive Detection of Microbes | $1,730,000.00 | Active |
| Moussally, George | Mirage Systems, San Jose, CA | 05/21/2018 - 12/31/2020 | Multi-Sensor UAV-Platform Including SAR for High-Fidelity Measurement of Vertically Resolved Soil Moisture Distribution and Its Coupling with Distributed Sensor Network Data | $1,647,713.00 | Active |
| Versteeg, Roelof | Subsurface Insights, Hanover, NH | 05/28/2019 - 05/27/2021 | Cloud based watershed and terrestrial ecosystem data management, integration, and analytics | $1,150,000.00 | Active |
| Roscioli, Joseph | Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA | 05/28/2019 - 05/27/2021 | Spatially-Resolved Microbial Activity Probe Using Infrared Measurements of Nitrous Oxide and Methane Isotopes in Soil | $1,767,503.00 | Active |
| Finsterle, Stefan | Finsterle GeoConsulting, Kensington, CA | 05/28/2019 - 05/27/2021 | Developing an Automated Uncertainty Quantification Tool to Improve Watershed-Scale Predictions of Water and Nutrient Cycling | $850,000.00 | Active |
| Cookson, Natalie | Quantitative BioSciences Inc., San Diego, CA | 05/28/2019 - 05/27/2021 | A Microfluidic Biosensor Platform for Real-Time Water Monitoring | $1,771,150.00 | Active |
| Pearce, Andrea | Transcend Engineering and Technology, LLC, Gaysville, VT | 02/18/2020 - 02/17/2021 | Progressive Automation of Minirhizotron Image Processing Through Advanced Contextualization and Machine Learning | $206,393.00 | Active |
| Ball, Kenneth | Geometric Data Analytics, Inc., Durham, NC | 02/18/2020 - 02/17/2021 | Shape Analytics for In Situ Fine Root Measurements | $196,318.00 | Active |
| Garcia, Manuel | UHV Technologies, Inc., Lexington, KY | 02/18/2020 - 11/17/2020 | Novel Deep Learning Methods for Mini Rhizotron Measurements | $200,000.00 | Active |
| Shasharina, Svetlana | Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, CO | 02/18/2020 - 11/17/2020 | DeepRoot: Automated Root Analysis for Minirhizotrons | $199,908.00 | Active |
| Stoecker-Sylvia, Zack | Oceanit Laboratories, Inc., Honolulu, HI | 02/18/2020 - 12/17/2020 | Image Processing Improvements for In Situ Fine Root Measurements - Rootinaview | $200,000.00 | Active |
| Sonnenfroh, David | Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, MA | 05/21/2020 - 05/20/2022 | Ultracompact Laser Ceilometer for Boundary Layer and Cloud Height Retrievals | $2,838,697.00 | Active |
| Tannian, Bridget | Spectral Sciences, Inc., Burlington, MA | 05/28/2019-05/27/2021 | Compact, High Performance, Drone-mounted Spectral Imaging System for Ecosystem Carbon-Cycle Characterization and Agricultural Monitoring | $2,774,644.00 | Active |
Completed Projects
| PI | Institution | Period | Project | Awarded to Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaudhary, Aashish | Kitware Inc., Clifton Park, NY | 02/19/2019 - 02/18/2020 | Open Source Scalable Data Services and Data Fusion for Biological and Environmental Sciences | $224,999.00 | Expired |
| Versteeg, Roelof | Subsurface Insights, Hanover, NH | 02/19/2019 - 03/27/2020 | Integrated Management and Analysis Platform for Multi Domain Site Data | $225,000.00 | Expired |
| Gupta, Manish | Nikira Labs Inc., Mountain View, AR | 02/19/2019 - 11/18/2019 | Oxygen Isotope and Carbon Dioxide Analyzer for Measurements of Respiratory Quotients and Mechanisms in Soil and Dissolved Gases | $224,105.00 | Expired |
| Rasool, Haider | Intellisense Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA | 02/19/2019 - 11/18/2019 | Real-time Autonomous Gas Analyzer for Soils | $225,000.00 | Expired |
| Delgado Alonso, Jesus | Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA | 02/19/2019 - 11/18/2019 | Geochemical Monitoring System and Network for Complex Subsurface Matrices | $224,987.00 | Expired |
| Jamison, Keith | Amethyst Research, Inc., Ardmore, OK | 02/19/2019 - 11/18/2019 | Low cost, High speed Multi-probe Monitoring System for Subsurface Gases | $231,493.00 | Expired |
| Hafen, Ryan | Hafen Consulting, LLC, West Richland, WA | 02/19/2019 - 12/30/2019 | MODE: The Multi-omics Data Exploration Platform | $221,476.00 | Expired |
| Versteeg, Roelof | Subsurface Insights, Hanover, NH | 04/09/2018 - 03/29/2019 | Real time measurement system for coupled surface/subsurface processes | $225,000.00 | Expired |
| Chaudhary, Aashish | Kitware Inc., Clifton Park, NY | 04/09/2018 - 04/08/2019 | From data to models and analytics: An integrated scientific computing platform to accelerate environmental research | $150,000.00 | Expired |
| Priyantha, Weerasinghe | Amethyst Research, Inc., Ardmore, OK | 04/10/2017 - 07/09/2019 | Gas Imaging and Monitoring Camera | $1,724,996.00 | Expired |
| Burge, Scott | Burge Environmental, Inc., Tempe, AZ | 05/21/2018 - 05/20/2020 | Automated Monitoring of Subsurface Microbial Metabolism with Graphite Electrodes | $2,211,901.00 | Expired |
| Nelson, David | Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA | 02/17/2015 - 11/16/2015 | Ultra High Precision Laser Monitor for Oxygen Eddy Flux Measurements | $223,636.00 | Expired |
| Shorter, Joanne | Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA | 02/18/2014 - 11/17/2014 | Compact, Low-Power Nitrous Oxide Monitor for Eddy Flux Soil Emission Measurements | $224,997.00 | Expired |
| Stetter, Joseph | KWJ Engineering Incorporated, Newark, CA | 02/18/2014 - 12/31/2014 | Low Power Nano-Sensor Based Measurement of Atmospheric Nitrogen and Argon | $216,806.00 | Expired |
| Priyantha, Weerasinghe | Amethyst Research, Inc., Ardmore, OK | 02/17/2015 - 11/16/2015 | A Low Cost Multipoint Gas Sensor for Monitoring Subsurface Isotopologues | $224,847.00 | Expired |
| Chakravarty, Swapnajit | Omega Optics Inc., Austin, TX | 02/17/2015 - 11/16/2015 | Highly Sensitive High Throughput Chip Based Biosensor Array for multiplexed detection of metals and radionuclides | $225,000.00 | Expired |
| Delgado Alonso, Jesus | Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA | 02/17/2015 - 11/16/2015 | Modeling-Oriented Geochemical Monitoring for Complex Subsurface Matrices | $229,995.00 | Expired |
| Bomse, David | Mesa Photonics, LLC, Santa Fe, NM | 02/17/2015 - 11/16/2015 | Real-time, in situ, process-based soil gas analyzer | $224,428.00 | Expired |
| Ruan, Hang | NanoSonic, Inc., Pembroke, VA | 02/20/2012 - 11/19/2012 | Integrated Metal RubberTM Sensors for Subsurface Monitoring | $150,000.00 | Expired |
| Ulmer, Chris | Physical Optics Corporation, Torrance, CA | 02/21/2017 - 01/20/2018 | In-situ Subsurface Soil Analyzer | $229,994.00 | Expired |
| Metting, Christopher | Accustrata, Inc., Rockville, MD | 02/21/2017 - 02/20/2018 | Field Deployable In Situ Excitation Emission Matrix Spectroscopy System for Subsurface Monitoring | $230,000.00 | Expired |
| Van Nostrand, Joy | Glomics, Inc, Norman, OK | 02/21/2017 - 02/20/2018 | Development of a Sequence Capture Approach for Monitoring in situ Nitrogen Cycling Potential in Microbial Communities | $229,996.00 | Expired |
| Jamison, Keith | Amethyst Research, Inc., Ardmore, OK | 02/21/2017 - 11/20/2017 | High Sensitive Methane Sensor for Real-time Measurements of Methane Isotopes | $213,792.00 | Expired |
| Farrington, Stephen | Transcend Engineering and Technology, LLC, Gaysville, VT | 02/22/2016 - 01/23/2017 | Low-Cost Distributed Temperature Sensor Using Electrical TDR | $224,388.00 | Expired |
| Mazumdar, Debapriya | ANDalyze, Champaign, IL | 04/06/2015 - 04/05/2017 | Real-time, Continuous and Quantitative Detection of Bioavailable Radionuclides and Heavy Metals in Contaminated Water at DOE Sites | $1,148,261.00 | Expired |
| Argun, Avni | Giner, Inc., Newton, MA | 04/06/2015 - 06/05/2018 | Portable Sensor for Detection of Microorganisms in Groundwater | $1,724,936.00 | Expired |
| Walsh, David | Vista Clara Inc., Mukilteo, WA | 04/06/2015 - 10/06/2016 | Low Cost In-Situ NMR Technologies for Monitoring Biological and Geochemical Processes in the Subsurface | $1,524,998.00 | Expired |
| Prabhu, Swathi | Innovative Wireless Technologies, Inc., Lynchburg, VA | 04/09/2018 - 01/08/2019 | BigData Enhancement to the Integrated Environmental Quality Sensing system to capture in situ measurements to dynamically characterize fate and transport of solutes in hydrobiogeochemical systems | $149,971.00 | Expired |
| Schundler, Elizabeth | Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, MA | 04/09/2018 - 01/08/2019 | Optical Probe for Rapid In Situ Survey of Soil Moisture and Carbon (22b) | $224,931.00 | Expired |
| Grunewald, Elliot | Vista Clara Inc., Mukilteo, WA | 04/11/2016 - 03/20/2019 | Rapid Scanning Surface NMR for Efficient Land and Airborne Hydrogeologic Mapping | $1,724,996.00 | Expired |
| Hall, Stephen | Freestone Environmental Services, Inc., Richland, WA | 04/11/2016 - 09/28/2018 | Real-Time, In Situ Measurement of Hexavalent Chromium in Groundwater | $2,150,533.00 | Expired |
| Versteeg, Roelof | Subsurface Insights, Hanover, NH | 04/15/2016 - 12/01/2018 | Multiscale Hydrogeologic-Biogeochemical Process Monitoring and Prediction Framework | $2,149,966.00 | Expired |
| Ghosh, Ruby | Opti O2, LLC, Okemos, MI | 04/18/2015 - 07/17/2018 | Dissolved Oxygen Probe System for Real-time, In-situ Subsurface Monitoring | $1,709,640.00 | Expired |
| Burge, Scott | Burge Environmental, Inc., Tempe, AZ | 06/17/2011 - 06/16/2012 | Development of An Automated System to Measure Tritium in Groundwater: A Toll to Enable Remote Field Monitoring for the Presence and Migration of Tritium at .... | $99,830.00 | Expired |
| Kutzner, Joerg | Vista Photonics, Inc., Santa Fe, NM | 06/19/2010 - 03/18/2011 | Isotope Hygrometer for In-situ Subsurface Characterization | $100,000.00 | Expired |
| Hitchens, Duncan | Lynntech, Inc., College Station, TX | 06/19/2010 - 12/18/2011 | Contaminant Specific Biosensor for Monitoring Heavy Metal and Radionuclide Bioremediation | $100,000.00 | Expired |
| Zhou, Jizhong | Glomics, Inc, Norman, OK | 08/15/2011 - 08/14/2014 | Development of Microarrays-based Metagenomics Technology for Monitoring Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Subsurface Environments | $849,147.00 | Expired |
| Walsh, David | Vista Clara Inc., Mukilteo, WA | 08/15/2011 - 11/14/2013 | Integrated Use of Surface and Subsurface NMR for Measuring and Mapping Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity in Three Dimensions | $850,000.00 | Expired |
| Albert, Michael | Fibertek, Inc., Herndon, VA | 02/21/2017 - 02/20/2018 | Novel Compact Ceilometer | $228,682.00 | Expired |
| Ulmer, Chris | Physical Optics Corporation, Torrance, CA | 02/21/2017 - 11/20/2017 | Low-Power Micro Ceilometer | $230,000.00 | Expired |
| Clemens, Peter | Headwall Photonics Inc., Fitchburg, MA | 02/22/2016 - 09/21/2016 | Miniaturized VNIR-SWIR Hyperspectral Sensor Technology Platform for Unmanned Aerial Systems | $224,580.00 | Expired |
| Zhang, Fang | Physical Optics Corporation, Torrance, CA | 02/22/2016 - 11/21/2016 | High Resolution Miniature Multiband Spectroradiometer for UAS Platforms | $224,736.00 | Expired |
| Pieper, Sean | Sporian Microsystems, Inc., Lafayette, CO | 02/22/2016 - 11/21/2016 | Miniaturized UAS Spectroradiometer for Quantifying Ecosystems | $229,999.00 | Expired |
| Walsh, David | Vista Clara Inc., Mukilteo, WA | 04/06/2015 - 01/05/2018 | Low cost, Autonomous NMR and Multi-sensor Soil Monitoring Instrument | $1,724,998.00 | Expired |
| Thorpe, Michael | Bridger Photonics, Inc., Bozeman, MT | 04/06/2015 - 04/05/2017 | Lidar-based high resolution 3D imager and remote gas sensor: a new paradigm for terrestrial environmental monitoring | $1,718,815.00 | Expired |
| Sabin, Gerald | RNET Technologies, Inc., Dayton, OH | 04/06/2015 - 09/30/2018 | Ground Penetrating Radar System and Algorithms for Fine Root Analysis | $1,724,999.00 | Expired |
| Stanton, Alan | Southwest Sciences, Inc., Santa Fe, NM | 04/10/2017 - 09/30/2019 | Portable nitrous oxide sensor for understanding agricultural and soil emissions | $2,734,143.00 | Expired |
| Ulmer, Chris | Physical Optics Corporation, Torrance, CA | 04/11/2016 - 01/10/2019 | Mass Spectroscopy for Atmospheric Gas Analysis | $1,721,355.00 | Expired |
| Swanson, Rand | Resonon, Inc., Bozeman, MT | 04/11/2016 - 04/11/2019 | A Compact, Broad-Band Hyperspectral SpectroRadiometer | $1,419,065.00 | Expired |
| Dupuis, Julia | Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, MA | 04/11/2016 - 12/10/2018 | High Speed VNIR/SWIR Hyperspectral Imager for Quantifying Terrestrial Ecosystems | $1,724,305.00 | Expired |