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EPA Awards Nearly $2.2M to Small Businesses to Advance Innovative Environmental Technologies (December 2023)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $2,198,867 in research funding to 22 small businesses to develop technologies that will help protect human health and the environment. The 22 small businesses will use EPA funding to develop their novel projects, including an AI-based mapping tool to support first responders during disasters, a reactor to remove PFAS from sewage waste, and a self-cleaning indoor air purification system for use during wildfires.
EPA Awards Nearly $3.2M to Small Businesses to Research Complex Environmental Issues and Help Grow the Green Economy (November 2023)
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3,196,530 in research funding to eight small businesses to further develop and commercialize their environmental technologies. Recipients of this year's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding include companies developing a nature-based treatment for graywater reuse, a system to remotely sense fugitive methane emissions in abandoned wells, field-deployable devices to rapidly screen drinking water for PFAS, and more.
Supporting Innovative Water Reuse Technologies Through SBIR (October 2023)
Five EPA SBIR-funded small businesses are developing innovative technologies to treat and reuse water.
Food Scraps to Fuel: EPA-Funded Technology Successfully Traces Renewable Fuel Supply Chain in New York City (July 2023)
Veriflux is an EPA-funded end-to-end technology platform that provides data and tracking to address these issues and improve renewable fuel feedstock traceability. In 2022, Veriflux completed a first-of-its-kind pilot program to trace solid and liquid food waste through New York City’s waste-to-energy supply chain
EPA SBIR Supports Small Businesses Develop Technology to Test and Treat PFAS (April 2023)
Eight EPA SBIR-funded small businesses are developing innovative technologies to monitor, treat and destroy PFAS.
EPA's SBIR Supports Technology to Improve Recycling (March 2023)
Six EPA SBIR-funded small businesses are developing innovative technologies to improve the recycling system.
EPA's SBIR Circular Economy Projects Reduce Waste and Slow Climate Change (February 2023)
Six EPA SBIR-funded small businesses are seeking to optimize sustainable materials management technologies to promote the circular economy.
EPA Awards Research Funding to 25 Small Businesses to Develop Environmental Technologies (December 2022)
EPA announced over $2.4 million in SBIR Phase I research funding for 25 small businesses to develop technologies that address some of the most pressing environmental problems.
EPA Awards More Than $3M to Small Businesses for Continued Development of Innovative Environmental Technologies (October 2022)
EPA announced over $3.1 million in SBIR Phase II funding to eight small businesses to further develop and commercialize their innovative environmental technologies.
EPA Announces Funding for Small Businesses to Develop Innovative Environmental Technologies (December 2021)
EPA announced over $3 million in funding for 31 Phase I contracts with U.S. small businesses through its Small Business Innovation Research Program to develop technologies that will help protect human health and the environment.
EPA SBIR Supports Technologies to Monitor Air Quality from Wildland Fires (November 2021)
Three EPA SBIR-funded projects are seeking to improve air quality sensor technology to provide actionable information during wildland fire events.
EPA's SBIR Addresses Climate Change (September 2021)
Climate change is a clear threat to human and environmental health, so projects that address some of the many aspects of climate change are a major focus of EPA's SBIR support. Here we highlight six small businesses funded by the EPA SBIR program to develop and commercialize technologies to address climate change.
EPA's SBIR Support of PFAS Detection and Treatment (August 2021)
Because PFAS pose a risk to human and environmental health, projects that alleviate, reduce, or mitigate risk from PFAS are a major focus of EPA's SBIR support. The EPA SBIR program has funded seven small businesses that developed technologies to reduce harmful impacts of PFAS.
EPA's SBIR and Manufacturing: A Decade of Success (June 2021)
Through one focus area of SBIR, EPA calls for research proposals from small businesses focused on generating technology solutions that improve upon current methods and materials, both economically and environmentally. Over the past decade, EPA SBIR has supported numerous projects to develop and commercialize innovative technologies that will help improve manufacturing.
SBIR-STTR Success: Instrumental Polymer Technologies, LLC (May 2021)
Instrumental Polymer Technologies, LLC (IP TECH), a small business based in Westlake, California, is revolutionizing the polymer industry by developing environmentally friendly, low-cost polymers by imitating nature's Primary Production.
SBIR-STTR Success: GreenTechnologies, LLC (May 2021)
Through innovation, approaches have been developed to reduce waste and increase growth. Approaches that benefit both the environment and the economy simultaneously are incredibly valuable. GreenTechnologies, LLC, has developed such an approach, establishing a means to treat wastewater and reuse the extracted nutrients productively in its line of fertilizers.
EPA SBIR Small Business Receives 2020 Tibbetts Award (January 2021)
Each year, the U.S. Small Business Administration honors the best and brightest within the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program with Tibbetts Awards. This year, ASAT, Inc., an EPA-SBIR funded small business, was awarded a Tibbetts Award for their success and excellence.
EPA's SBIR and Homeland Security Programs: A Decade of Success (October 2020)
The EPA SBIR program has several focus areas, one of which is homeland security, intended as a complementary program to accompany EPA's Homeland Security Research Program. Through this research program, science and technology are mobilized to protect public health from both intentional and unintentional threats.