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Tuesday, March 8, 2005
EPA Awards $2.6 Million in Small Business Innovation Research Contracts
In March, 2005, EPA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awarded $2.6 million to 34 small businesses to control and monitor air and water pollution, manage solid and hazardous waste, prevent pollution, and ensure safe buildings and drinking water security. The SBIR contracts awards:
Nanotechnology - Six companies will develop a variety of
nanotechnologies that puts this fast-developing knowledge to work for a
cleaner environment:
2. Luna Innovations Incorporated of Blacksburg, Virginia
3. nGimat Company of Chamblee, Georgia
4. Nanomaterials & Nanofabrication Laboratories (NN-Labs) of Fayetteville, Arkansas
5. NanoScale Materials, Inc. of Manhattan, Kansas
6. TDA Research Inc. of Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Hazardous Waste - Nine companies will develop improved methods for managing hazardous wastes or finding substitutes for hazardous materials:
7. Edenspace Systems Corporation of Chantilly, Virginia
8. Emery Energy Company of Salt Lake City, Utah
9. Faraday Technology, Inc. of Clayton, Ohio
10. IonEdge Corporation of Fort Collins, Colorado
11. Light Curable Coatings of Valley View, Ohio
12. LightLine Technologies, Inc. of Needham, Massachusetts
13. Materials Processing, Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas
14. Republic Anode Fabricators of Strongsville, Ohio
15. Southwest Sciences, Inc. of Santa Fe, New Mexico
16. Thermolose Cellulose Products, Inc. of State College,
Pennsylvania
NanoScale Materials, Inc., of Manhattan, Kansas, a second project
Air Pollution - Six companies will develop technologies to aid in the prevention and control of air pollution:
17. Clear Skies Unlimited, Inc. of Albuquerque, New Mexico
18. Baldwin Environmental, Inc. of Reno, Nevada
19. Sorption Technologies, Inc. of Newark, Delaware
Southwest Sciences, Inc. a second project
TDA Research Inc. of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, a second project
20. X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc. of East Greenbush, New York
Water Quality - Seven companies will work on technologies to keep our water cleaner:
21. Eltron Research, Inc. of Boulder, Colorado
22. Kent SeaTech Corporation of San Diego, California
NanoScale Materials, Inc. of Manhattan, Kansas, a third project
23. Photon Systems, Inc. of Covina, California
24. Scientific Methods, Inc. of Granger, Indiana
25. Saigene Corporation of Seattle, Washington
26. Vegrandis, LLC of Fayetteville, Arkansas
Homeland Security - Four companies will work on safe buildings and water security:
27. Directed Energy Solutions of Colorado Springs, Colorado
28. ITN Energy Systems, Inc. of Littleton, Colorado
29. Real-Time Analyzers, Inc. of East Hartford, Connecticut
30. Seacoast Science, Inc. of Carlsbad, California
Sustainability - Four companies will develop technologies related to sustainability:
31. Ashland Prototypes of Ashland, Oregon, soon to be incorporated as
Strawjet
32. GeoPraxis, Inc. of Petaluma, California
33. National Recovery Technologies, Inc. of Nashville, Tennessee
34. Resodyn Corporation of Butte, Montana
View project abstracts for the awards.
For more information on small business innovation research go to: http://www.epa.gov/ncer/sbir/