NIST Awards Nearly $3 Million to Small Businesses to Advance Semiconductor Manufacturing, Drug Development and More

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The NIST SBIR program supports research at small businesses such as developing a method to measure the effectiveness of face masks and respirators in real-world conditions. </div> <div class="nist-image__credit"> <span class="nist-image__credit-label">Credit:</span> NIST </div> </figcaption></figure><p>GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded nearly $3 million to 15 small businesses in nine states under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The funding will go to research and development and commercialization projects to support a variety of technology-based programs such as advances in semiconductors, drug development and flexible electronics manufacturing.</p> <p>The competitively selected proposals were submitted in response to a call for innovative products addressing specific technical needs in NIST areas of research including advanced communications, cybersecurity and privacy, health and biological systems measurements, advanced manufacturing and more.</p> <p>SBIR Phase I awardees will receive up to $100,000 to establish the merit, feasibility and commercial potential of the proposed research and development. After completing their Phase I projects, awardees are eligible to apply for Phase II funding of up to $400,000 to continue their efforts. Phase III relies on non-SBIR funds for technology commercialization.</p> <h2>2023 Phase I SBIR Awardees</h2> <p><strong>Actoprobe LLC</strong> (Albuquerque, New Mexico) $99,909<br/><em>Scanning Probe Microscopy with Active Optical Probes: A Novel Approach to Measurements and Nanomanufacturing</em> — a novel class of near-field optical probes that will allow precise optical characterization on the single-molecule and even submolecular scale, with applications in biotechnology, 3D printing and more.</p> <p><strong>Applied Research Transformation</strong> (Durham, North Carolina) $100,000<br/><em>Sentinel 4.0TM: Measurement and Control System for 3DCP Interlayer Bond Strength</em> — a commercial system for measuring and controlling the quality of bond strength in 3D-printed concrete under multiple environmental conditions.</p> <p><strong>ChemCubed LLC</strong> (Stony Brook, New York) $99,998<br/><em>Printable Dielectric for Flexible Hybrid Electronics</em> — a stretchable dielectric ink for printing flexible electronic circuits that could be used in wearable sensors, ultra-lightweight and flexible photovoltaics and other applications where flexibility is needed.</p> <p><strong>Exabyte Inc.</strong> (Walnut Creek, California) $99,895<br/><em>Developing Data Standards for Accelerated Digital R&D of Semiconductor Materials from Nanoscale</em> — data standards for accelerated research and development of semiconductor materials at the nanoscale.</p> <p><strong>Framergy Inc.</strong> (College Station, Texas) $100,000<br/><em>A Novel Advanced Manufacturing Pathway for Direct Incorporation of Metal-Organic Frameworks in Polymeric Sponges</em> — polymer composites that incorporate metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), for potential use as air and water filters for the treatment of harmful chemicals. </p> <p><strong>ITA International LLC</strong> (Newport News, Virginia) $99,292<br/><em>Method for Quantifying Fitted Filtration Efficiency of Face Mask and Respirator Products</em> — research leading up to development of a novel Fitted Filtration Efficiency (FFE) protocol to assess mask/respirator effectiveness for as-worn conditions.</p> <p><strong>QuantTera LLC</strong> (Tempe, Arizona) $99,977<br/><em>Heterogeneous Millimeter-Wave Gallium Nitride Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor</em> — development of high-performance radio frequency power amplifiers for use in wireless network communications systems.</p> <p><strong>Rownd Inc.</strong> (Raleigh, North Carolina) $96,644<br/><em>Accelerating Adoption of Anti-Phishing Authentication Methods</em> — analysis of the costs of moving from password-based to passwordless systems, understanding the various passwordless options and their merits, and recognizing the risks of maintaining passwordless methods to increase phishing-resistant systems. </p> <p><strong>SygnaMap</strong> (San Antonio, Texas) $100,000<br/><em>Metabolite Reference Standards to Normalize Spatial Metabolomics Across Tissue Sections</em> — an innovative computational platform to analyze data from spatial metabolomics — an emerging field of bioanalytical chemistry that aims to observe cellular biology with the greatest detail possible — for use in drug development.</p> <p><strong>Xmark Labs LLC</strong> (Barrington, Rhode Island) $100,000<br/><em>Feasibility and Proof of Concept of a Dense, Low-Cost Network of Sensors Driving Intelligent Building Agents for Air Quality and Energy Control</em> — establish the feasibility and proof of concept of a networked, affordable environmental sensor to enhance energy control and air quality regulation for commercial buildings.</p> <h2>2023 Phase II SBIR Awardees</h2> <p><strong>Criticality Sciences</strong> (Alexandria, Virginia) $400,000<br/><em>Network Resilience to Cascading Failure</em> — validation of data inputs and outputs and the development of methods to use metrics to support resilience investment and financing for critical infrastructure such as water and power utilities.</p> <p><strong>InfraTrac Inc.</strong> (Silver Spring, Maryland) $400,000<br/><em>Analytical Quality Management for 3D-Printed Small Molecule Drugs</em> — predictive modeling and near-infrared spectroscopy for 3D drug printing to enable customized doses, child-friendly formulations and easy-to-remember combination polypills.</p> <p><strong>Interlink Electronics Inc.</strong> (Irvine, California) $398,622<br/><em>Materials for Gravure Printing of Chemical Gas Sensors</em> — development of manufacturing techniques such as roll-to-roll printing to enable mass production of electrochemical gas sensors, as well as suitable chemistries for large-scale printed sensors and testing methods.</p> <p><strong>Julia Jean LLC</strong> (Irvine, California) $400,000<br/><em>On-Chip Cold Cathode Electron Sources for X-Ray Generation and Imaging: Advancing a NIST-Patented Technology</em> — a project to identify and compare the variables in a new lithography procedure for the best process for manufacturing 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