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Award Data
The Award database is continually updated throughout the year. As a result, data for FY20 is not expected to be complete until September, 2021.
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NANOMETER-SIZE STEP HEIGHT TEST STRUCTURES
SBC: Advanced Technologies/Laboratories Intl Topic: N/AMCNC PROPOSES A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND EVALUATION OF THREE PROMISING APPROACHES TO THE FABRICATION OF SURFACE TEST STRUCTURES ON SILICON. SURFACE FEATURES ON THE FIRST STRUCTURE WILL BE PRODUCED BY CONTROLLABLY ETCHING THERMALLYGROWN OXIDES. FEATURES ON THE SECOND WILL BE MADE BY ETCHING PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILMS. USING THE PIEZOELECTRIC FILM AS PART OF A CAPACITOR, STEP-HEIGHT CAN BE VARIED AND PRO ...
SBIR Phase I 1992 Department of Commerce -
SATELLITE IMAGERY COMPRESSION
SBC: Alden Electronics Inc Topic: N/ATHE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP DATA COMPRESSIONTECHNIQUES USED TO COMPRESS DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE DATA FROM THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER (NCDC) ARCHIVES SUCH THAT THE RESULTING DATA CAN BE READILY USED WITHIN THE LIMITED RESOURCES OF PC/AT SYSTEMS. THE JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERTS GROUP (JPEG) HAS DEVELOPED ANINTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR THE COMPRESSION OF CONTINUOUS TONE DI ...
SBIR Phase I 1992 Department of Commerce -
Electro Immunsensor to Detect Agricultural Chemicals
SBC: ALDERON BIOSCIENCES, INC. Topic: N/AN/A
SBIR Phase I 1992 Department of Agriculture -
TRACS- TOOLKIT FOR RECOGNITION AND AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATIONOF SOLAR FEATURES
SBC: AMERINEX APPLIED IMAGING, INC. Topic: N/AN/A
SBIR Phase I 1992 Department of Commerce -
A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR HYBRID VIGOR
SBC: Biosystems Technologies Inc. Topic: N/ATHE PHYSIOLOGICAL-THERMODYNAMIC BASIS FOR HYBRID VIGOR (YIELD HETEROSIS) IN CORN AND OTHER CROPS IS NOT PRESENTLY KNOWN. THUS, DEVELOPMENT AND SELECTION OF INBRED LINES FOR HYBRID VIGOR RELIES ON GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HETEROTIC GROUPS, NUMEROUS CROSSES, AND EXTENSIVE FIELD TESTS TO ACHIEVE THE INDUSTRY AVERAGE OF 1 TO 2 BU/ACRE/YR INCREASE IN YIELD. EACH COMMERCIAL HYBRID MAY COST FROM $1.2 TO $ ...
SBIR Phase II 1992 Department of Agriculture -
NONFOULING CERAMIC MEMBRANES FOR TREATMENT OF FUEL ETHANOL STILLAGE
SBC: Ceramem Corporation Topic: N/AN/A
SBIR Phase I 1992 Department of Agriculture -
MODEL SYSTEMS FOR SOIL-BORNE INSECT BIOCONTROL
SBC: Ecoscience Laboratorytories Topic: N/ATHIS PROJECT WILL SEEK TO IDENTIFY ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISMS THAT ARE EFFECTIVE IN CONTROLLING INFESTATIONS OF SOIL-BORNE INSECT PESTS AND TO PROVIDE DELIVERY SYSTEMS WHICH ENSURE THEIR FIELD EFFICACY. ECOSCIENCE WILL BUILD ONPREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH CORN ROOTWORM (CRW) AS A MODEL SOILPEST FOR THESE STUDIES, AMPLIFYING OUR COLLECTION OF ORGANISMS PATHOGENIC TO CRW, WITH ISOLATES CAPABLE OF SUSTAI ...
SBIR Phase II 1992 Department of Agriculture -
ON-BOARD PROCESSING OF DOGFISH AND SKATES
SBC: Fisherman Joint Venture Topic: N/ATHE DECLINE IN THE NEW ENGLAND (NE) GROUND FISH STOCK IS SEVERELY AFFECTING THE NE FISHERIES' ECONOMY. TO REVERSE THIS DESTRUCTIVE TREND, NMFS HAS THE DIFFICULT AND UNPOPULARTASK OF IMPLEMENTING STOCK RECOVERY PROGRAMS WHICH REQUIRE CATCH REDUCTIONS. NMFS REPORTS 70% OF PRESENT FISH STOCKS ARE DOGFISH AND SKATES WHICH ARE UNDER-UTILIZED AND ARE GROUND FISH PREDATORS. ALTHOUGH THESE ABUNDANT FISH H ...
SBIR Phase II 1992 Department of Commerce -
NOVEL HOOK AND LOOP TEXTILE PREFORMS FOR LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING
SBC: FOSTER-MILLER, INC. Topic: N/AFIBER REINFORCED POLYMERIC COMPOSITES CAN REDUCE WEIGHT, INCREASE CRASHWORTHINESS, AND REDUCE CORROSION RELATIVE TO METALS. HOWEVER, LOW COST MANUFACTURING APPROACHES ARE NEEDED IN ORDER FOR THESE MATERIALS TO BE COMPETITIVE IN HIGH VOLUME AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS. LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING (LCM) IS RECOGNIZED AS A PROMISING METHOD FOR RAPID, LOW COST FABRICATION. LOW COST, COMPLEX PREFORMS ARE NEED ...
SBIR Phase I 1992 Department of Commerce -
DETECTION OF HEAVY METALS IN WATER
SBC: Hybrivet Systems Inc Topic: N/ATOXIC HEAVY METALS, SUCH AS LEAD AND CADMIUM, ARE PREVALENT IN THE ENVIRONMENT DUE TO THEIR HIGH INDUSTRIAL USE. THESE TOXIC METALS ARE CUMULATIVE POISONS AND ARE TOXIC EVEN AT LOW DOSES, CAUSING EITHER CHRONIC OR ACUTE TOXICITY WITH PRIMARILY HEPATOTOXIC, NEPHROTOXIC OR NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS. THERE ARE NO USEFUL RAPID SCREENING TESTS TO DETECT CADMIUM IN WATER OR ON SURFACES. THE TESTS AVAILABLE FOR ...
SBIR Phase I 1992 Department of Agriculture