National Center For Environmental Research

Small Businesses Grow Big Environmental Technologies
(Washington, D.C. – March 26, 2008) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is a “small” program with tremendous success stories. EPA today announced $1.75 million in SBIR contracts to 25 small businesses to research and develop new environmental technologies.
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EPA Requesting Environmental Technology Research Proposals from Small Business
EPA has opened its 2008 SBIR Phase I solicitation requesting research proposals from small businesses in the following areas: Innovation in Manufacturing; Nanotechnology; Green Buildings; Drinking Water and Water Monitoring; Water Infrastructure Rehabilitation; Monitoring and Control of Air Pollution; Biofuels and Vehicle Emissions Reduction; Waste Management and Monitoring and Homeland Security.
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$2.9 Million in Small Business Contracts for New Environmental Technologies
EPA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program today announced the award of nearly $3 million to 13 companies to support their work in seven key environmental areas: nanotechnology, monitoring of air emissions, pollution prevention, hazardous waste management, water treatment, homeland security, and innovation in manufacturing.
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Two Mass. Companies Receive EPA Small Business Contracts for New Environmental Technologies
Two Massachusetts firms, one in Andover and one in Billerica, will be pursuing new environmentally-related projects thanks to EPA funding.
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EPA Awards Three Colorado Small Businesses $350,000 in Innovation Research Contracts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a total of $350,000 in Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts to three small companies in Colorado. The companies receiving the innovation research contracts are: ADA Technologies, Inc. (Littleton), Eltron Research, Inc. (Boulder), and TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge).
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Poisonous Paint Cleaned in a Flash
As a researcher on Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" anti-ballistic missile programme in the 1980s, Ray Schaefer had to learn all about how laser beams interact with surfaces. Now he is applying his extensive knowledge to a very different task: making old houses safe for children.
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