The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded grants to nine Utah small businesses totaling more than $12 million. The DOE SBIR/STTR awards assist in bringing scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to market, transforming our understanding of nature and advancing energy, economics, and national security.
Nine Utah companies received sixteen Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I and Phase II awards. The Utah Innovation Center congratulates these companies and is proud to have worked with many of them.
Utah companies selected for awards:
American Physics and Technology LLC, Richmond, UT
Phase II Award “Innovative high-volume low-cost manufacturing of conventional neutron supermirror beam guides, mirrors, and filters for future large projects.”
Phase II Award “Enabling solution verification and efficient, high-accuracy simulations through spline-based adaptivity in MOOSE”
Phase II Award “Isogeometric analysis for nuclear engineering.”
Phase II Award “Advanced tire tread simulation through adaptive isogeometric analysis.”
Grid Modernization Solutions, L.L.C., Salt Lake City, UT
Phase I Award “SecurEV: AI-Powered Real-Time Cyber Defense for EV Charging Infrastructure.”
HiFunda LLC, Salt Lake City, UT
Phase I Award “Radiation Shield for High-Temperature Liquid Sodium Pumps.”
Phase I Award “In Situ Electrochemical Sensor for Oxygen Determination in High-Temperature Molten Salts.”
Phase II Award “Stable High-Temperature Molten Salt Reference Electrodes.”
INNOSYS, INC., Salt Lake City, UT
Phase II Award “High average current and high voltage reliable and stable power supplies for high current electron beam sources.”
Nielson Scientific LLC, Lehi, UT
Phase II Award “Scalable High-density Superconducting Flex Cables and Circuits.”
Reaction Engineering International, Midvale, UT
Phase I Award “AI-based Modeling Software for Amine and Degradation Product Emissions.”
Phase I Award “Extended Reach, High-Performance Distributed Acoustic Sensing Platform for Underground Nuclear Explosion Monitoring.”
Phase II Award “Advanced Real-Time Seismic Monitoring Platform.”
Phase II Award “FPGA-Based High-Rate, High-Resolution Imaging Acquisition and Processing Solution.”
Storagenergy Technologies, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
Phase I Award “Eco-friendly Electroextraction of Li Metal from Brines.”
Phase II Award “Gradient Polymer/Ceramic Single-Ion Conducting Membrane for High-Voltage Sodium-Ion Batteries.”
Companies interested in pursuing non-dilutive R&D funding through the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs can contact the Utah Innovation Center at innovationutah@utah.gov.