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- EPA Region 2 ETV-SBIR Workshop - This workshop includes businesses and organizations involved in EPA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) programs. The purpose of the workshop is to disseminate information to end-users in the regional office and in state/local organizations on technologies being developed, commercialized and tested in the SBIR and ETV Programs. [More Info]
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SBIR Phase I Solicitation is now closed and the next SBIR solicitation will open in March 2009. However, there are nearer term opportunities for SBIR funding of environmental technologies in the National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR Phase I Solicitation closing on December 4, 2008. Nearly all of EPA's technology needs have significant synergy with this NSF Solicitation.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SBIR Phase I Solicitation is now closed and the next SBIR solicitation will open in March 2009. However, there are nearer term opportunities for SBIR funding of environmental technologies in the National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR Phase I Solicitation closing on December 4, 2008. Nearly all of EPA’s technology needs have significant synergy with this NSF Solicitation. EPA technology needs are described in the last Phase I Solicitation which is still available on the EPA SBIR Website (www.epa.gov/ncer/sbir).
There are linkages between EPA needs and NSF SBIR Topics. EPA technology needs that are covered in the current NSF solicitation include: Innovation in Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Green Buildings, Drinking Water, Water and Wastewater, Air Pollution, Vehicle Emissions, Biofuels, Waste Management, Monitoring and Remote Sensing and Homeland Security.
In many cases EPA technology needs do not correspond exactly to NSF Topics but almost all EPA needs can find a corresponding NSF Topic. NSF Topics are very broad and include the descriptive phrase “technologies include but are not limited to …” to allow small businesses to submit proposals that stimulate technological innovation. Most environmental technologies are in the NSF Topic, BIOTECH AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES (BC). There are also a few environmental technologies in the Electronics, Components and Engineering Systems (EL) topic. Environmental technologies in the BC Topic include: Agricultural Biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology including water and wastewater treatment, Real World Sensors and Biosensors, Environmental Technologies, Bioenergy Technologies, BioBased Materials, Manufacturing Innovation in Biotechnology, Energy Transportation and Fuels, Materials for Sustainability, and Manufacturing Innovation in Chemical Technology.
The National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I Solicitation closes on December 4, 2008. Small businesses should carefully read the solicitation and comply with the proposal instructions, electronic application submission procedures, administrative requirements and technical issues. The NSF SBIR Solicitation is not identical with the EPA SBIR Solicitation. Businesses are submitting proposals to NSF and only NSF (not EPA) requirements apply. Note that NSF proposals must have sufficient commercial and technical potential substance to justify review, and NSF projects are expected to have high-risk and high potential commercial payback. Proposals must include at least one letter of technology support.
The NSF Program Director for the Biotech and Chemical Technologies (BC) Topic is F. C. Thomas Allnutt (tallnutt@nsf.gov), telephone (703) 292-5332. The NSF SBIR Phase I Solicitation is available at: www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir. Companies can talk with the Program Director at any time before the submission deadline but note that communication will become increasingly difficult as the deadline nears. Proposals are submitted electronically and are due December 4, 2008 by 5 PM local time. For questions about EPA environmental needs or the SBIR program at EPA, contact James Gallup (gallup.james@epa.gov), phone (202) 343-9703 or James Gentry (gentry.james@epa.gov), phone (202) 343-9798 or April Richards (richards.april@epa.gov), phone (202) 343-9836.
The NSF SBIR Phase I Solicitation is NOW available at: www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir
2008 Phase I Solicitation - HTML | PDF (64 pp, 179 K, about PDF) | MS Word - Open: March 20, 2008 - Closed: May 21, 2008 - Closed
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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