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Previously Funded

Superfund Research Program

Small Business Innovation Research (R43/44) (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (R41/42) grants were awarded to foster the commercialization of technologies, products and devices developed by the SRP and others. The SRP SBIR grants are made under the NIH Omnibus Solicitation.

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Previously Funded SBIR/STTR Programs

  • 2witech Solutions LLC
    Fast Field Screening of PFAS in Non-Portable Waters..
    Project Leader: Qingwu Wang
    Funding Period: Phase I: May 2023 - April 2024
  • Access Sensor Technologies, LLC
    AST: On Target Cards for Monitoring Superfund Sites
    Project Leader: Thomas Reilly
    Funding Period: Phase I: May 2020 - October 2022
  • Amaratek, Inc.
    Green Remediation Sponge for Poly- and Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances
    Project Leader: David Dumas
    Funding Period: Phase I: March 2019 - April 2020
  • AxNano, LLC
    Development of a Smart PFAS-Collector for High-Throughput PFAS Detection
    Project Leader: Alexis W. Carpenter
    Funding Period: Phase I: September 2021 - August 2022
  • AxNano, LLC
    Hydraulic Fracturing of Controlled Release Oxidants for Remediation of Low Permeability Zones
    Project Leader: Alexis W. Carpenter
    Funding Period: Phase II: September 2019 - August 2022
  • Biomineral Systems, LLC
    Green and Sustainable in situ Remediation of Heavy Metals Contaminated Soils and Aqueous Systems
    Project Leader: Nadia Adam
    Funding Period: Phase I: September 2020 - March 2023
  • Bluegrass Advanced Materials, LLC
    Development of Smart Flocculants for the Treatment of PFAS Contaminated Water
    Project Leader: Angela M. Gutierrez (University of Kentucky)
    Funding Period: Phase I: September 2020 - February 2021
  • Compact Membrane Systems, Inc.
    Enhanced Recovery of Pharmaceutical Solvent driven by EPA Initiative
    Project Leader: Sudipto Majumdar
    Funding Period: Phase II: March 2018 - May 2021
  • CycloPure, Inc.
    Remediation of Perfluorinated Chemicals in Water Using Novel High-Affinity Polymer Adsorbents
    Project Leader: Eddie Vitaku
    Funding Period: Phase II: August 2019 - August 2021
  • EnChem Engineering, Inc.
    Bench Scale Studies of Novel In-situ Aquifer Remediation of Recalcitrant Fluorinated Organic Compounds at Superfund Sites
    Project Leader: Raymond Ball
    Funding Period: Phase I: September 2017 - February 2019
  • EnChem Engineering, Inc.
    Combined In-Situ/Ex-Situ Remediation of PFAS at Hazardous Waste Sites
    Project Leader: Raymond Ball
    Funding Period: Phase II: September 2019 - August 2021
  • Espira, Inc.
    Fluorescence-Solid Phase Extraction (F-SPE) Platform for Rapid, On-site Detection of PFAS
    Project Leader: Dhruv Patel
    Funding Period: Phase I: May 2023 - April 2024
  • Espira, Inc.
    Fluorescence-Solid Phase Extraction (F-SPE) Platform for Rapid, On-site Detection of PFAS
    Project Leader: Dhruv Patel
    Funding Period: Phase I: May 2023 - April 2024
  • Foundation Instruments, Inc.
    Evaluating the Feasibility of the TotalTHM-NOW for Drinking Water Treatment Plants to Improve Water Quality, Reduce Costs, and Lower Cancer Risks
    Project Leader: Michael Brown
    Funding Period: Phase I: September 2019 - February 2021
  • Foundation Instruments, Inc.
    SBIR Phase II: Evaluating the Feasibility of the TotalTHM-NOW for Drinking Water Treatment Plants to Improve Water Quality, Reduce Costs, and Lower Cancer Risks
    Project Leader: Paul Brister
    Funding Period: Phase II: June 2022 - May 2024
  • Foundation Instruments, Inc.
    SBIR Phase II: Evaluating the Feasibility of the TotalTHM-NOW for Drinking Water Treatment Plants to Improve Water Quality, Reduce Costs, and Lower Cancer Risks
    Project Leader: Paul Brister
    Funding Period: Phase II: June 2022 - May 2024
  • Foundation Instruments, Inc.
    SBIR Phase II: Evaluating the Feasibility of the TotalTHM-NOW for Drinking Water Treatment Plants to Improve Water Quality, Reduce Costs, and Lower Cancer Risks
    Project Leader: Paul Brister
    Funding Period: Phase II: June 2022 - May 2024
  • GlycoSurf, LLC
    Novel Rhamnolipid Surfactants for Recovery of Critical Elements and Remediation of Metal Contaminated Waste Streams
    Project Leader: Chett Boxley
    Funding Period: Phase I: March 2018 - August 2019
  • GlycoSurf, LLC
    Bioinspired Green Glycolipids as Fugitive Dust Mitigation Agents
    Project Leader: Chett Boxley
    Funding Period: Phase I: May 2022 - April 2024
  • GlycoSurf, LLC
    Bioinspired Green Glycolipids as Fugitive Dust Mitigation Agents
    Project Leader: Chett Boxley
    Funding Period: Phase I: May 2022 - April 2024
  • GlycoSurf, LLC
    Bioinspired Green Glycolipids as Fugitive Dust Mitigation Agents
    Project Leader: Chett Boxley
    Funding Period: Phase I: May 2022 - April 2024
  • GlycoSurf, LLC
    Rhamnolipid-Based Remediation Technologies for Uranium and Rare Earth Element Contamination
    Project Leader: Chett Boxley
    Funding Period: Phase II: May 2020 - April 2023
  • Lynntech, Inc.
    Continuous Removal/Disposal System for the Concurrent Sorption and Breakdown of Contaminants Into Harmless Precipitates
    Project Leader: Joseph Miller
    Funding Period: Phase I: September 2018 - August 2020
  • Lynntech, Inc.
    Rapid Electrochemical Detection of Arsenic in Water
    Project Leader: Bikas Vaidya
    Funding Period: Phase I: September 2019 - May 2021
  • Lynntech, Inc.
    Enhancing Non Fouling Membranes for Water Purification and Recycling
    Project Leader: David M. Battaglia
    Funding Period: Phase II: June 2016 - February 2019
  • MAX-IR LABS, LLC
    Infrared Sensor for Screening of Emerging Contaminants in Water
    Project Leader: Ecatherina Roodenko
    Funding Period: Phase I: June 2022 - January 2024
  • MAX-IR LABS, LLC
    Infrared Sensor for Screening of Emerging Contaminants in Water
    Project Leader: Ecatherina Roodenko
    Funding Period: Phase I: June 2022 - January 2024
  • MAX-IR LABS, LLC
    Infrared Sensor for Screening of Emerging Contaminants in Water
    Project Leader: Ecatherina Roodenko
    Funding Period: Phase I: June 2022 - January 2024
  • Microbial Insights, Inc.
    Expanding the Tool Box: Environmental Metabolomics Improves Decision Making and Management of Contaminated (Superfund) Sites
    Project Leader: Dora M. Taggart
    Funding Period: Phase I: April 2019 - March 2021
  • Microvi Biotechnologies, Inc.
    Intensified, High-Rate Reductive Immobilization of Hexavalent Chromium
    Project Leader: Fatemeh Shirazi
    Funding Period: Phase I: July 2020 - January 2021
  • Microvi Biotechnologies, Inc.
    High-throughput Biocatalyst Manufacturing for Environmental Biotechnology
    Project Leader: Fatemeh Shirazi
    Funding Period: Phase II: August 2020 - August 2021
  • Microvi Biotechnologies, Inc.
    An Agent-Based Modeling Platform for Environmental Biotechnology
    Project Leader: Fatemeh Shirazi
    Funding Period: Phase II: February 2022 - January 2024
  • Microvi Biotechnologies, Inc.
    An Agent-Based Modeling Platform for Environmental Biotechnology
    Project Leader: Fatemeh Shirazi
    Funding Period: Phase II: February 2022 - January 2024
  • Microvi Biotechnologies, Inc.
    An Agent-Based Modeling Platform for Environmental Biotechnology
    Project Leader: Fatemeh Shirazi
    Funding Period: Phase II: February 2022 - January 2024
  • NanoAffix Science, LLC
    Graphene-based Nanosensor Device for Rapid, Onsite Detection of Dissolved Lead in Tap Water
    Project Leader: Ganhua Lu
    Funding Period: Phase I: August 2017 - July 2019
  • NanoAffix Science, LLC
    Graphene-Based Nanosensor Device for Rapid, Onsite Detection of Total Lead in Tap Water
    Project Leader: James C. Hill
    Funding Period: Phase II: September 2019 - August 2021
  • Ocean Nanotech, LLC
    On-Site Detection of Benzo(a)pyrene in Water and Soil
    Project Leader: Y. Andrew Wang
    Funding Period: Phase I: April 2019 - March 2020
  • OndaVia, Inc.
    Fast, Quantitative Analysis of Trichloroethylene in Water
    Project Leader: Mark Peterman
    Funding Period: Phase II: September 2018 - August 2020
  • OndaVia, Inc.
    Semi-Continuous, On-Line Monitoring of Selenium in Coal-Fired Power Plant Waste Water
    Project Leader: Mark Peterman
    Funding Period: Phase II: April 2020 - March 2022
  • Picoyune
    Plasmonic Mercury Sensor and Wearable Gas Detector
    Project Leader: Jay James
    Funding Period: Phase I: September 2020 - February 2021
  • Pollution Control Technologies, LLC
    On Site Mercury Remediation via Activated Fly Ash
    Project Leader: Kaspars Krutkramelis
    Funding Period: Phase II: January 2016 - December 2018
  • PowerTech Water, LLC
    Anode Modification to Target Pb Removal for Drinking Water Purification using Inverted Capacitive Deionization
    Project Leader: Lindsay Boehme
    Funding Period: Phase I: July 2017 - February 2019
  • PowerTech Water, LLC
    Targeted Lead (Pb) Removal for Drinking Water Purification Using INCION
    Project Leader: Lindsay Boehme
    Funding Period: Phase II: September 2019 - August 2021
  • Quantitative Biosciences, Inc.
    A Customizable Real-Time Biosensor for Continuous Monitoring of Water Contaminants
    Project Leader: Scott W. Cookson
    Funding Period: Phase I: September 2018 - August 2019
  • Quantitative Biosciences, Inc.
    An Online, Real-Time Microfluidic Biosensor for PFOA and PFOS
    Project Leader: Nicholas Csicsery
    Funding Period: Phase I: December 2021 - September 2022
  • Seacoast Science, Inc.
    Detection of Perfuorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) in Liquid Samples
    Project Leader: Sanjay V. Patel
    Funding Period: Phase I: July 2020 - June 2021
  • Seacoast Science, Inc.
    Low-Cost Robust Detection of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons in Aqueous Environments
    Project Leader: John Cowart
    Funding Period: Phase I: September 2018 - September 2019
  • Statera Environmental, Inc.
    Composite Integrative Passive Sampler (CIPS)
    Project Leader: Damian Shea
    Funding Period: Phase I: April 2019 - April 2020
  • Stemloop, Inc.
    A Paper-Based Synthetic Biology Platform for the On-Demand Testing of Water Quality
    Project Leader: Khalid Kamal Alam
    Funding Period: Phase I: September 2020 - August 2021
  • Steve Bitterly
    Develop a novel phase-change water/fluid purification technology that uses a NASA-validated vapor compression distillation (VCD)
    Project Leader: Steve Bitterly
    Funding Period: Phase I: January 2022 - June 2023
  • TDA Research, Inc.
    Filtration Media for In-Home PFAS Removal from Drinking Water
    Project Leader: Steven D. Dietz
    Funding Period: Phase I: February 2021 - January 2023
  • Weaver Labs, LLC
    Development of a Commercial Assay for the Rapid and General Detection of PFAS in Environmental Matrices (Phase I)
    Project Leader: Anuradha Singh
    Funding Period: Phase I: April 2021 - September 2021
  • Weaver Labs, LLC
    Development of a Commercial Assay for the Rapid and General Detection of PFAS in Environmental Matrices (Phase I)
    Project Leader: Anuradha Singh
    Funding Period: Phase I: April 2021 - September 2021
  • Weaver Labs, LLC
    Development of High Affinity Novel Fluor Mop Adsorbent for the Rapid Removal of Perfluorinated Chemicals From Groundwater
    Project Leader: Alexa R. May
    Funding Period: Phase I: April 2021 - September 2021
  • Zansors LLC
    Lipid Enhanced Nano-Sensors (LENS) for lead and mercury detection in water
    Project Leader: Steven Lenhert
    Funding Period: Phase I: September 2017 - May 2019
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