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Grantee Research Project Results

Small Business Innovative Research:
FY90 - FY25 Phase I and Phase II Awards: Homeland Security


Name and Address of Awardee Title of SBIR Project Phase I Award Phase II Award Total
Contract Number RFA FY $ Contract Number RFA FY $
Homeland Security
Name: Design Interactive Inc.
Address: 3501 Quadrangle Blvd., Suite 150
City: Orlando
State: FL
Zip: 32817

GAITER: Generative AI Training for Emergency Responders 68HERC25C0016
Final Report
2025 $100,000       $100,000
Name: J-Tech LLC
Address: 1934 S Routt Ct
City: Lakewood
State: CO
Zip: 80227

Develop an Electrified Technology for Non-potable Reuse of Septic Tank Effluent 68HERC23C0009
Final Report
2023 $99,945       $99,945
Name: SPORIAN MICROSYSTEMS INC
Address: 515 Courtney Way, Suite B
City: Lafayette
State: CO
Zip: 80026

A High-speed, Low Cost, Machine Learning Enhanced, Hyperspectral Imaging System for Improved Identification of Microplastics 68HERC23C0011
Final Report
2023 $99,981       $99,981
Name: Aquarius Systems
Address: 200 N Harrison St
City: North Prairie
State: WI
Zip: 53153

Design and Alpha Test of In-water Collection and Removal of Floating Debris System 68HERC23C0012
Final Report
2023 $100,000 68HERC24C0002 2024 $400,000 $500,000
Name: EIC Laboratories Inc.
Address: 111 Downey Street
City: Norwood
State: MA
Zip: 2062

SERS for Rapid, On-site Multicomponent Analysis of Water Quality 68HERC23C0013
Final Report
2023 $100,000       $100,000
Name: HJ Science & Technology, Inc.
Address: 820 Heinz Avenue
City: Berkeley
State: CA
Zip: 94710

Novel Technology for Concentration and Detection of PFAS in Water Environment 68HERC23C0015
Final Report
2023 $99,996       $99,996
Name: Seacoast Science Inc.
Address: 2151 LAS PALMAS DR, STE C
City: Carlsbad
State: CA
Zip: 92011

Self-calibrating Air Toxics Monitor 68HERC23C0016
Final Report
2023 $100,000       $100,000
Name: UES, Inc
Address: 4401 Dayton-Xenia Road
City: Dayton
State: OH
Zip: 45432

High Fidelity, Library Based THz Air Toxic Monitoring System for Neighborhood-Level Surveillance 68HERC23C0017
Final Report
2023 $99,940       $99,940
Name: Beta Analytic
Address: 4985 SW 74th Court
City: Miami
State: FL
Zip: 33155

Development of a Standardization Method for Isotopic Tracing of Fugitive Sources of Methane in Atmospheric Gas Mixtures using 14C, 13C, and 2H 68HERC23C0018
Final Report
2023 $100,000       $100,000
Name: Censys Technologies Corporation
Address: 1808 Concept Court, Suite 200
City: Daytona Beach
State: FL
Zip: 32114

Remote Sensing of fugitive Methane Using Retroreflector-based Differential Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (DLAS) System on a UAV Pair 68HERC23C0019
Final Report
2023 $99,411 68HERC24C0004 2024 $399,591 $499,002
Name: Mesa Photonics, LLC
Address: 1550 Pacheco St.
City: Santa Fe
State: NM
Zip: 87505

Monitoring Network for Methane Emissions 68HERC23C0020
Final Report
2023 $100,000       $100,000
Name: Optimized Thermal Systems, Inc.
Address: 7040 Virginia Manor Road
City: Beltsville
State: MD
Zip: 20705

Component Optimization for Improved Refrigerant Recovery 68HERC23C0021
Final Report
2023 $99,945       $99,945
Name: GoodGames
Address: 5 Guptil Ave
City: Freeport
State: ME
Zip: 4032

Disaster Platform - Helping Communities Build Resilience to Disasters via Social Networking, Gamification and Relationship Building 68HERC23C0022
Final Report
2023 $100,000       $100,000
Name: Imvela Corp
Address: 19 Morris Ave, Building 128
City: Brooklyn
State: NM
Zip: 11205

Reducing Produce Waste via Novel Biopreservative Ingredients 68HERC23C0023
Final Report
2023 $100,000       $100,000
Name: Wisely, Inc.
Address: 5257 Trumpet Vine Way
City: Wilmington
State: NC
Zip: 28412

Smart Food Storage System to Enable Consumer Food Waste Reduction 68HERC23C0024
Final Report
2023 $99,910       $99,910
Name: Can I Recycle This, Inc.
Address: 1409 Oak Grove Rd
City: Athens
State: GA
Zip: 30607

Materials Recovery Platform: A Geospatial Software Approach to the Circular Economy 68HERC23C0025
Final Report
2023 $100,000       $100,000
Name: City of Roses Disposal and Recycling, Inc.
Address: 4530 NE 138th Avenue
City: Portland
State: OR

Real Time Recycling Inventory Aggregation and Management Software 68HERC23C0026
Final Report
2023 $98,887       $98,887
Name: Zabble Inc.
Address: 1966 Tice Valley Blvd, 105
City: Walnut Creek
State: CA
Zip: 94595

AI-Based Bin Tagging Platform for Regulatory Compliance 68HERC23C0028
Final Report
2023 $99,458 68HERC24C0006 2024 $400,000 $499,458
Name: Iterant, Inc.
Address: 2239 Marin Ave
City: Berkeley
State: CA
Zip: 94707

Effective Strategies for Regional Packaging Reuse Systems 68HERC23C0029
Final Report
2023 $99,889       $99,889
Name: Kamilo, Inc.
Address: 1230 Clay St. #203
City: San Francisco
State: CA
Zip: 94108

Digital Verification of Percentage Recycled Content in Individual Products to Advance Plastic Circularity 68HERC23C0030
Final Report
2023 $99,996 68HERC24C0007 2024 $399,989 $499,985
Name: Ourobio
Address: 423 Lexington Avenue
City: Charlottesville
State: VA
Zip: 22902

Co-production of Indigoid Dyes and Bioplastics Using Byproducts of Dairy Processing 68HERC23C0031
Final Report
2023 $100,000       $100,000
Name: Cleaned and Green, LLC
Address: 41 Fox Fire Circle
City: Indian Springs Village
State: AL
Zip: 35124

Converting Wastes to Commodities – Cost-effective, Environmentally Friendly and Beneficial Solution to Use of Poultry Litter 68HERC23C0032
Final Report
2023 $100,000       $100,000
Name: VISIMO, LLC
Address: 400 Main Street
City: Coraopolis
State: PA
Zip: 15108

Machine Learning Toolkit for Grey Literature Screening 68HERC23C0033
Final Report
2023 $99,804 68HERC24C0008 2024 $397,332 $497,136
Name: LeapFrog Design
Address: 2447 NE 4th St Ste 120
City: Bend
State: OR
Zip: 97701

Ecological Treatment of Blackwater for Onsite Non-potable Reuse 68HERC23C0010
Final Report
2023 $99,990 68HERC24C0001 2024 $399,618 $499,608
Name: Forever Analytical Services, Inc.
Address: 1400 E. Angela Blvd
City: South Bend
State: IN
Zip: 46617

Rapid, Field-Deployable Water Sampling Device to Facilitate On-Site Total PFAS Measurement 68HERC23C0014
Final Report
2023 $99,983 68HERC24C0003 2024 $400,000 $499,983
Name: Hydrova Inc.
Address: 7939 Silverton Ave
City: San Diego
State: CA
Zip: 92126

Complete Resource Recovery and Hydrogen Production from Secondary Aluminum Processing Waste Processing Waste 68HERC23C0027
Final Report
2023 $100,000 68HERC24C0005 2024 $400,000 $500,000
Name: TDA Research Inc.
Address: 12345 West 52nd Avenue
City: Wheat Ridge
State: CO
Zip: 80033

A New Photo-catalyst Based Air Treatment System to Reduce the Risks from Transmission of Viruses and Bacteria 68HERC22C0015
Final Report
2022 $100,000       $100,000
Name: Sonata Scientific LLC
Address: 25 Francis J Clarke Circle Unit D
City: Bethel
State: CT
Zip: 6801

Ultrahigh Efficacy Air Purifier for Airborne Pathogens 68HERC22C0016
Final Report
2022 $100,000 68HERC23C0003 2023 $0 $100,000
Name: XCMR Inc
Address: 219 Righters Mill Rd
City: Penn Valley
State: PA
Zip: 19072

Human Safe, Near-Field Infection Protection (NIP) for Continuous Pathogen Inactivation in Air and on Surfaces 68HERC22C0017
Final Report
2022 $99,771       $99,771
Name: Quick-Med Technologies Inc.
Address: 902 NW 4th Street
City: Gainesville
State: FL
Zip: 32601

Stay-Fresh long-term disinfectant coatings for high-touched surfaces based on hydrogen peroxide as the active agent 68HERC21C0022
Final Report
2021 $99,968 68HERC22C0039
Final Report
2022 $0 $99,968
Name: Sonata Scientific LLC
Address: 25 Francis J Clarke Circle Unit D
City: Bethel
State: CT
Zip: 6801

Dual action anti-viral surface cover for high touch surfaces 68HERC21C0023
Final Report
2021 $100,000       $100,000
Name: PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION
Address: 1845 West 205th Street
City: Torrance
State: CA
Zip: 90501

Radiation Contamination Visualization and Mapping (RaCOM) System 68HERC20C0034
Final Report
2020 $99,999       $99,999
Name: Syntrotek Corporation
Address: 2800 Dartmouth Ave
City: Boulder
State: CO
Zip: 80305

Low-Cost Multiparameter Sensors for Enabling Maintenance Free Deployments in Water Distribution Systems 68HERC20C0035
Final Report
2020 $100,000       $100,000
Name: METSS Corporation
Address: 300 Westdale Ave
City: Westerville
State: OH
Zip: 43082

Decontamination of Category A Viruses on Porous Surfaces and Sensitive Equipment 68HE0D18C0010
Final Report
2018 $99,212 68HERC20C0005
Final Report
2019 $0 $99,212
Name: TIAX LLC
Address: 35 Hartwell Ave.
City: Lexington
State: MA
Zip: 2421

Encapsulation of Biological Contaminants in Transportation Systems EPD17013
Final Report
2016 $99,857 EPD18005
Final Report
2017 $299,938 $399,795
Name: Zeteo Tech LLC
Address: 4652 Pinto Court
City: Ellicott City
State: MD
Zip: 21043

Radio Frequency Catalytic Decontamination EPD17014
Final Report
2016 $100,000       $100,000
Name: SURFPLASMA INC.
Address: 8722, NW 9th Place
City: Gainesville
State: FL
Zip: 32606

Surface plasma-based decontamination for pathogen removal from water pipes EPD15038
Final Report
2015 $99,798       $99,798
Name: Enchem Engineering, Inc.
Address: 151B California Street
City: Newton
State: MA
Zip: 2458

Enhanced Decontamination of Wetted Pipe Material EPD14018
Final Report
2014 $99,920       $99,920
Name: TDA Research Inc.
Address: 12345 West 52nd Avenue
City: Wheat Ridge
State: CO
Zip: 80033

Encapsulating Waste Disposal Methods EPD13028
Final Report
2013 $80,000       $80,000
Name: Orono Spectral Solutions Inc
Address: 689 Odlin Rd.
City: Bangor
State: ME
Zip: 4401

Preconcentration Technology for Infrared Analysis of Organophosphates in Water EPD12011
Final Report
2012 $80,000       $80,000
Name: Operational Technologies Corporation
Address: 4100 N.W. Loop 410, Suite 230
City: San Antonio
State: TX
Zip: 78229

Handheld FRET-Aptamer Sensor for Chem-Bio Threats EPD11033
Final Report
2011 $79,984       $79,984
Name: AlburtyLab Inc.
Address: 128 E. Main St
City: Drexel
State: MO
Zip: 64742

A Hydrosol Concentrator for Improved Measurement of Microbial Pathogens in Drinking Water EPD10015
Final Report
2010 $69,972       $69,972
Name: Excellims Corporation
Address: 20 Main Street
City: Acton
State: MA
Zip: 1720

Compact High Resolution Electrospray Ionization Ion Mobility Spectrometer for Online Water Monitoring EPD10025
Final Report
2010 $70,000       $70,000
Name: Smart Polymers Research Corporation
Address: 108 4th Street
City: Belleair Beach
State: FL
Zip: 33786

Quantum Dot/Aptamer Real-Time Flow Sensor EPD10039
Final Report
2010 $69,999 EPD11065 2011 $225,000 $294,999
Name: Voxtel, Inc.
Address: 15985 NW Schendel Ave. #200
City: Beaverton
State: OR
Zip: 97006

Real-time Detection and Identification of Chemical, Biological, and Explosive (CBE) Agents With Low False Alarm Rates EPD10045
Final Report
2010 $69,996       $69,996
Name: TDA Research Inc.
Address: 12345 West 52nd Avenue
City: Wheat Ridge
State: CO
Zip: 80033

A Portable Microreactor System to Synthesize Hydrogen Peroxide EPD09035
Final Report
2009 $70,000 EPD10064
Final Report
2010 $225,000 $295,000
Name: EIC Laboratories Inc.
Address: 111 Downey Street
City: Norwood
State: MA
Zip: 2062

Water Security Monitoring Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy EPD08028 2008 $70,000 EPD09042
Final Report
2009 $224,979 $294,979
Name: Entropic Systems Inc.
Address: 34c Holton Street
City: Woburn
State: MA
Zip: 1801

Decontamination Wipes for First Responders EPD08031
Final Report
2008 $70,000       $70,000
Name: RTA Systems Inc.
Address: 8120 Mid America Blvd., Suite 200
City: Oklahoma City
State: OK
Zip: 73135

A Safe and Rapid Method for Biological and Chemical Decontamination of Buildings and Equipment Using the TERRACAP™ CB Decon System EPD08042
Final Report
2008 $69,956       $69,956
Name: ADA Technologies Inc.
Address: 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 110
City: Englewood
State: CO
Zip: 80112

Field Test Kits for Rapid Detection of Hazardous Contaminants on Indoor Surfaces EPD07023
Final Report
2007 $70,000       $70,000
Name: Adherent Technologies Inc.
Address: 9621 Camino del Sol NB
City: Albuquerque
State: NM
Zip: 87111

Fiber Optic Sensors With Hydrophilic, Radionuclide-Selective Cladding for the Detection of Radionuclides in Water Supplies EPD07024
Final Report
2007 $70,000       $70,000
Name: Giner Inc.
Address: 134 Rumford Ave
City: Auburndale
State: MA
Zip: 2466

Wireless Electrochemical ClO2 Monitor for Decontamination Operations EPD07029
Final Report
2007 $70,000 EPD08060
Final Report
2008 $224,997 $294,997
Name: Isotron Corporation
Address: 1443 N Northlake Way
City: Seattle
State: WA
Zip: 98103

Regenerable Electrochemical Spiral Wound Decontamination Cell for Efficient Decontamination of Radionuclides in Water EPD07032 2007 $68,700       $68,700
Name: Lynntech Inc.
Address: 7610 Eastmark Drive, Suite 105
City: Bryan
State: TX
Zip: 77803

An Inexpensive Biological and Chemical Decontamination Solution From a Powdered Concentrate EPD07036
Final Report
2007 $70,000       $70,000
Name: Radiation Monitoring Devices Inc.
Address: 44 Hunt Street
City: Watertown
State: MA
Zip: 2472

Low-Cost Instrument for Long-Term Monitoring of Hazardous Contaminants in Drinking Water EPD07040
Final Report
2007 $70,000       $70,000
Name: Physical Sciences, Inc.
Address: 20 New England Business Center
City: Andover
State: MA
Zip: 1810

Field Rugged, Portable H2O2 Monitor EPD06051
Final Report
2006 $69,977 EPD07087
Final Report
2007 $224,966 $294,943
Name: Southwest Sciences Inc.
Address: 1570 Pacheco Street, Suite E-11
City: Santa Fe
State: NM
Zip: 87505

A Compact, Low-Cost, Near-UV Sensor for Chlorine Dioxide EPD06057
Final Report
2006 $70,000       $70,000
Name: TIAX LLC
Address: 35 Hartwell Ave.
City: Lexington
State: MA
Zip: 2421

Novel Polymeric Building Decontamination Technologies EPD06059
Final Report
2006 $69,995       $69,995
Name: Directed Energy Solutions
Address: 14230 Timberedge Lane
City: Colorado Springs
State: CO
Zip: 80921

Singlet Delta Oxygen Airflow Sterilization for Building Protection EPD05023
Final Report
2005 $69,065 EPD06082
Final Report
2006 $224,667 $293,732
Name: ITN Energy Systems Inc.
Address: 8130 Shaffer Parkway
City: Littleton
State: CO
Zip: 80127

Water Security Sensor for Automatic Measurement of Micrograms of Heavy Metals in Drinking and Waste Water EPD05026 2005 $69,983       $69,983
Name: Real-Time Analyzers, Inc.
Address: 87 Church Street
City: East Hartford
State: CT
Zip: 6108

Multiplexed Chemical Sensor for Water Security EPD05034 2005 $69,994 EPD06084
Final Report
2006 $224,999 $294,993
Name: Seacoast Science Inc.
Address: 2151 LAS PALMAS DR, STE C
City: Carlsbad
State: CA
Zip: 92011

Wireless Decontamination Gas Monitor EPD05038
Final Report
2005 $66,204       $66,204
Name: BioScale Inc.
Address: 8 Saint Mary's Street
City: Boston
State: MA
Zip: 2215

Ultrasensitive Biosensor for Detecting Biotoxins in Drinking Water EPD04010
Final Report
2004 $69,557       $69,557
Name: Implant Sciences Corporation
Address: 107 Audubon Rd, Suite #5
City: Wakefield
State: MA
Zip: 1880

Ultrasensitive Toxic Chemical Detector EPD04024
Final Report
2004 $70,000       $70,000
Name: NanoBio Corporation
Address: 2311 Green Road
City: Ann Arbor
State: MI
Zip: 48105

Reformulated NanoBio Nontoxic Hard Surface Sanitizer/Disinfectant Formulation To Inactivate and Kill B. Anthracis and Other Bioattack Pathogens EPD04025
Final Report
2004 $69,906 EPD05048
Final Report
2005 $224,666 $294,572
Name: Neural Optimization Applied Hydrology LLC
Address: 610 Lawrence Road
City: Lawrenceville
State: NJ
Zip: 8648

An Artificial Neural Network and Optimization Methodology for Detecting and Managing Terrorist Attack Against Water Distribution Systems EPD04026
Final Report
2004 $69,913       $69,913
Name: Operational Technologies Corporation
Address: 4100 N.W. Loop 410, Suite 230
City: San Antonio
State: TX
Zip: 78229

Fluorescent Nanoparticle-Aptamer-Magnetic Bead Sensor for Bioterrorism Detection in Water EPD04027
Final Report
2004 $69,918       $69,918
Name: Science Math and Engineering Inc.
Address: 45 Manning Road
City: Billerica
State: MA
Zip: 1821

Self-Regenerating Filters for Decontamination of Chemical and Biological Agents in Building Ventilation Systems EPD04028
Final Report
2004 $0       $0
Homeland Security: Total     $5,848,779      $5,295,743  $11,144,521 
Total     $5,848,779      $5,295,743  $11,144,521 

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