You are here

Award Data

For best search results, use the search terms first and then apply the filters
Reset

The Award database is continually updated throughout the year. As a result, data for FY24 is not expected to be complete until March, 2025.

Download all SBIR.gov award data either with award abstracts (290MB) or without award abstracts (65MB). A data dictionary and additional information is located on the Data Resource Page. Files are refreshed monthly.

The SBIR.gov award data files now contain the required fields to calculate award timeliness for individual awards or for an agency or branch. Additional information on calculating award timeliness is available on the Data Resource Page.

  1. EXPERT SYSTEMS FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING AND FAULT DIAGNOSIS

    SBC: CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC.            Topic: N/A

    THE MAJOR DEFICIENCIES IN CURRENT REAL-TIME AUTOMATIC FAULT DIAGNOSIS APPLICATIONS FOR AEROSPACE SYSTEMS ARE THE HIGH RATE OF FALSE ALARMS, AND THE MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS CAUSED BYINTERMITTENT FAILURES. THESE DEFICIENCIES ARE DUE TO THE INACCURACY OF THE UNDERLYING NUMERICAL MODEL ON WHICH THE FAULT DIAGNOSIS ALGORITHM DESIGN IS BASED. THE AIM OF THIS STUDY IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE USE OF EXPERT SYSTEM ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  2. HIGH-SPEED PACKET SWITCHING

    SBC: Proteon Inc.            Topic: N/A

    THE PURPOSE OF THE PHASE II SBIR RESEARCH EFFORT IS TO IM- PLEMENT AN INTERNET ROUTER CAPABLE OF SWITCHING PACKETS AT RATES WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH HIGH-PERFORMANCE LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (LAN), AND WIDE AREA NETWORKS (WAN) WHICH WILL BE IN SERVICE IN THE EARLY 1990'S. THE PHASE I SBIR RESEARCH EXPLORED THE CHARACTER OF LAN AND WAN TRAFFIC TO BE EXPECTED IN THE EARLY 90'S. EXISTING LAN HARDWARE SOF ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  3. INDIUM PHOSPHIDE SOLAR CELLS ON SILICON SUBSTRATES

    SBC: Spire Corporation            Topic: N/A

    IT IS PROPOSED TO GROW INDIUM PHOSPHIDE PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS ON SILICON SUBSTRATES. AVOIDING THE USE OF INP SUBSTRATES WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE THE COST AND WEIGHT OF THE CELLS, WHILE THE INHERENT RADIATION RESISTANCE AND ADVANTAGE OF INP LEAD US TO EXPECT A HIGHER END-OF-LIFE EFFICIENCY THAN CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH SILICON AS THE ACTIVE MATERIAL. THE CELLS WILL BE GROWN BY METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR D ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  4. ACTIVE MAGNETIC MICRO-G ISOLATOR FOR SPACE STATION

    SBC: Rct Systems, Inc.            Topic: N/A

    A REQUIREMENT EXISTS ON SPACE STATION TO PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT HAVING A MAXIMUM ACCELERATION OF A MICRO-G. MEETING THIS REQUIREMENT NECESSITATES ACTIVE ISOLATION FROM SPACE STATION STRUCTURAL DISTURBANCES. MAGNETIC SUSPENSIONSARE AN EXTREMELY PROMISING APPROACH TO IMPLEMENTING THESE ACTIVE ISOLATION SYSTEMS. THEIR DESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE HIGH BANDWIDTH, HIGH FORCE CAPABILITY, STABILITY, ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  5. STABILIZED LASERS AS SPECTRORADIOMETRIC STANDARDS FOR UV ELECTRO-OPTIC DETECTORS

    SBC: CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH AND INSTRUMENTATION            Topic: N/A

    THE PURPOSE OF OUR RESEARCH PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP AN AUTOMATED FACILITY FOR CALIBRATION AND TESTING OF ELECTRO-OPTIC DETECTORS. WE HAVE DEVELOPED A VERY PRECISE AND FLEXIBLE ELECTRO-OPTIC SERVO SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDES EXTREMELY STABLE AND EASILY COMPUTER-CONTROLLED LIGHT OUTPUT FROM A WIDE RANGE OF LASERS SUITABLE FOR CALIBRATIONSIN THE VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED. THE MAIN AIM OF THIS PHASE I RESEARC ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  6. NON-CONTACT, SELF-REFERENCING FULL APERTURE METROLOGY FOR LARGE ASPHERIC MIRRORS

    SBC: Bauer Associates, Inc.            Topic: N/A

    THE PROBLEM IS THE FABRICATION OF LARGE ASPHERIC OR GRAZING INCIDENCE MIRRORS. THE PROPOSED INNOVATION IS A GROUP OF EIGHT INNOVATIVE HARDWARE CONCEPTS AND MATHEMATICALALGORITHMS, COMBINED TO FORM A NON-CONTACTING, SELF-REFERENCING, NON-INTERFEROMETRIC METROLOGY INSTRUMENT CAPABLE OF MEASURING FIGURE ERRORS ON LARGE ASPHERIC MIRRORSTO AN ACCURACY OF A VERY SMALL FRACTION OF A WAVELENGTH OF LIGHT. ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  7. DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-AZEOTROPIC HEAT PUMP FOR CREW HYGIENE WATER HEATING

    SBC: FOSTER-MILLER, INC.            Topic: N/A

    THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PRESENTED HERE IS A HEAT PUMP SYSTEM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE HOT WATER FOR CREW HYGIENE ABOARD THE NASA SPACE STATION. BECAUSE THERMAL MANAGEMENT AND POWER AND WATER CONSERVATION ARE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES, THE PROPOSED SYSTEM IS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING A CONTROLLED AMOUNT OF HOT WATER THAT IS HEATED PRIMARILY FROM WASTE HEAT SOURCES, UTILIZING A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF POWER. THE PRIMARY FEAT ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  8. AEROTHERMODYNAMIC RADIATION STUDIES (PC-057)

    SBC: PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.            Topic: N/A

    THE ABILITY TO ACCURATELY PREDICT RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER FROM THE NON-EQUILIBRIUM BOW SHOCK OF VEHICLES OPERATING AT HYPERSONIC VELOCITIES AND ELEVATED ALTITUDES IS CRITICAL TO THE DESIGN OF LARGE NASA VEHICLES SUCH AS THE AERO-ASSIST ORBITAL TRANSFER VEHICLE. THE EXTANT DATA BASE IS INSUFFICIENT TO VALIDATE MODELS USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. WE PROPOSE TO PERFORM A SHOCK TUBE STUDY USING NOVEL EMISSI ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  9. A DISTRIBUTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REPRESENTATION LANGUAGE LANGUAGE

    SBC: SYMBIOTECH, INC.            Topic: N/A

    THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS MUST BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE A WIDE RANGE OF REPRESENTATION AND REASONING TECHNOLOGIES IN A GENERAL FRAMEWORK. WE ARE PROPOSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TAXONOMIC AND DESCRIPTIVE REPRESENTATION LANGUAGE LANGUAGE (RLL). A RLL THAT CAN CAPTURE THE SEMANTIC DESCRIPTION OF AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM'S SUPPORTING SUBSTRATES WILL ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  10. A VARIABLE TRANSMITTANCE ELECTROCHROMIC SPACE SUIT VISOR

    SBC: EIC LABORATORIES, INC.            Topic: N/A

    A SPACE SUIT VISOR WITH A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE GRAY SCALE TRANSMITTANCE IS PROPOSED. THE SOLID STATE LIGHT MODULATORSWILL HAVE A SANDWICH STRUCTURE COMPRISED OF ELECTROCHROMIC THIN FILMS SEPARATED BY A POLYMERIC ELECTROLYTE. THE STRUCTURE IS ANALOGOUS TO A RECHARGEABLE, THIN FILM BATTERY WITH OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES AND A VISIBLE STATE OFCHARGE. BECAUSE THE DEVICE HAS A LOW POWER CONSUMP ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
US Flag An Official Website of the United States Government