USDA NIFA is investing $5.3 million for 35 projects in Phase I of its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. NIFA provides competitively awarded grants to qualified small businesses to support high-quality research related to important scientific problems and opportunities in agriculture that can lead to significant public benefits. Phase l is designed to fund early or "seed" stage research and development that has a commercial potential, providing equity-free funding and entrepreneurial support at the earliest stages of company and technology development. The aim of projects funded in Phase I of NIFA’s SBIR/STTR programs is to demonstrate technical feasibility of the proposed innovation and thereby bring the innovation closer to commercialization.
Awardees by Topic Area:
Plant Production and Protection – Biology
- Benanova Inc., NC
- GreenLight Biosciences Inc., NC
- NAPIGEN Inc., DE
- New West Genetics, CO
- NovoClade Inc., MN
- NutraMaize LLC, IN
- Qualterra, Inc., WA
Rural and Community Development
- AMK Technologies of Ohio LLC, OH
- Barn Owl Tech Inc., CO
- Empo Health Inc., CA
- Foundation Instruments Inc., TN
- Near Space Labs Inc., NY
- New Global Systems for Intelligent Transportation Management, MS
- SE Community Resources LLC, NC
- Tutela Institute LLC, CO
- Universal Schedule and Booking LLC, WV
- Boat Yard LLC, ME
- Kauai Sea Farms LLC, HI
- MacroBreed LLC, CA
- Microvi Biotech Inc., CA
- Radmantis LLC, OH
- TWIYO Inc., d/b/a The World Is Your Oyster, NY
- Blue Earth LLC, KS
- Evicient LLC, GA
- Good Agriculture, Inc., GA
- Hawaii Innovations and LLC, HI
- PRAG LLC, FL