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☷NIST Awards Nearly $3 Million to Small Businesses to Advance Semiconductor Manufacturing Drug Development and More
National Institute of Standards and Technology ( By Press Release office)
Dec 21,2023
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NIST has given out almost $3 million to 15 small businesses in nine states for research and development projects in various technology fields . The selected proposals focus on areas like communications , cybersecurity , and health , with funding available for Phase I and Phase II projects . Some of the projects include developing new measurement tools , improving 3D printing , creating flexible electronics , and advancing semiconductor materials . ITA International LLC ( Newport News , VA ) $99 , 292 Method for Quantifying Fitted Filtration Efficiency of Face Masks and Respirator Products — New Fitted Filtration Efficiency ( FFE ) Protocol for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Masks/Respirators When Worn Research that leads to development . QuantTera LLC ( Tempe , Arizona ) $99 , 977 Heterogeneous millimeter - wave gallium nitride heterojunction bipolar transistors — development of high - performance radio frequency power amplifiers for use in wireless network communication systems . Rownd Inc . ( Raleigh , North Carolina ) $96 , 644 Phishing Authentication Methods - Analyze the cost of moving from a password - based system to a passwordless system , understand the various passwordless options and their benefits , and use passwords to increase phishing resistance Recognize the risks of maintaining no method . SygnaMap ( San Antonio , TX ) $100 , 000 Metabolite reference standard for normalizing spatial metabolomics across tissue sections — spatial metabolomics , an emerging field of bioanalytical chemistry aimed at observing cell biology in as much detail as possible ) An innovative computational platform for analyzing data from — using Xmark Labs LLC ( Burlington , Rhode Island ) $100 , 000 Dense , low - cost network of sensors to power intelligent building agents for air quality and energy control Feasibility and Proof of Concept — Establishes feasibility and proof of concept for a networked system of affordable environmental sensors to enhance energy control and air quality regulations in commercial buildings . 2023 Phase II SBIR Award Criticality Science ( Alexandria , VA ) $400 , 000 Network resiliency to cascading failures—validating data input and output and developing methods to support using metrics InfraTrac Inc . ( Silver , MD ) Spring ) $400 , 000 Analytical Quality Control of 3D Printed Small Molecule Drugs - Predictive Modeling and Near - Infrared Spectroscopy for 3D Drug Printing Enables Dosage Customization Interlink Electronics Inc . ( Irvine , CA ) $398 , 622 Gravure Printing Materials for Chemical Gas Sensors — Development of manufacturing techniques such as roll - to - roll printing that enable mass production of chemical gas sensors . Julia Jean LLC ( Irvine , California ) $400 , 000 On - Chip Cold Cathode Electron Source for X - ray Generation and Imaging: NIST Patented Advancement—New Lithographic Procedures to Determine Optimal Processes to Manufacture the Technology at Large Scale A project to identify and compare variables in . Tiami LLC in Elk Grove , California received $399 , 979 for developing a portable digital television - based positioning receiver for tracking first responders in GPS - denied areas . They will be using ATSC 3 . 0 broadcast transmissions to improve indoor positioning and navigation . For more information , contact Jennifer Huergo at jennifer . huergo@nist . gov or ( 301 ) 975 - 6343 .
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