Small Business Innovation Research

Program Highlights

January 12, 2022

Announcements

NEXT EPA SBIR SOLICITATION
ANTICIPATED OPENING:

June 2022

9 U.S. Small Businesses Receive EPA SBIR Phase II Funding

EPA announced nearly $3.6 million in funding for SBIR Phase II
contracts with 9 U.S. small businesses as part of Phase II of the
SBIR Program. Recipients of Phase II SBIR funding receive up to
$400,000 to further develop and commercialize their innovative
environmental technologies. This year's Phase II recipients are
focused on addressing issues including PFAS destruction,
ethylene oxide monitoring, water reuse, and sustainable
construction materials. Learn more about this year's awardees
here.

EPA Awards Nearly $3.1 Million in Phase I SBIR Funding to
U.S. Small Businesses

EPA announced nearly $3.1 million in funding for 31 contracts
with small businesses as part of Phase I of the SBIR Program.
Recipients of Phase I SBIR funding receive up to $100,000 to
develop their novel environmental technologies for marketplace.
This year's Phase I recipients are providing innovative solutions to
environmental challenges including water reuse, methane
emission monitoring, viral contamination, and low embodied
carbon materials. Read more here.

EPA's SBIR Supports Technologies Addressing Climate
Change

If you are interested in applying
to SBIR, start early with your
required registrations. For more
information:

https://www.epa.gov/sbir/how-
apply-sbir-contract

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The EPA s mission is to protect human
health and the environment, EPA's
Small Business Innovation Research
Program supports small businesses to
develop and commercialize novel
environmental technologies that
support this mission.

Phase I:

Phase I awards are $100,000 for six
months for "proof of concept" of the
technology.

Phase II:

Phase II awards are up to $400,000
for two years to further develop and
commercialize the technology. Phase
II companies thai obtain qualifying
third-party investments are eligible
for a commercialization option of
$100,000.

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EPA is supporting small businesses as they develop and
commercialize technologies to address climate change. Read an
article about their technologies here.

EPA Announces Companies Crushing Pollution Video
Challenge

EPA recently launched the Companies Crushing Pollution Video
Challenge. This challenge invites applicants to use the TRI P2
Search Tool to identify a TRI facility that has reported
implementing source reduction practices and make a video
illustrating how those practices or techniques benefit and
positively impact communities and the environment. Winners will
receive awards of up to $5,000. Submissions for this opportunity
are due March 1, 2022. Learn more here.

SBIR Small Business Spotlight

MicroAeth Labs, an EPA SBIR Phase II small business out of
California, has been collaborating with University of Utah to further
test and commercialize their innovative technology- an integrated
black carbon and carbon dioxide sensor platform for real-time
emission identification and analysis. Several of MicroAeth's black
carbon monitors have been deployed in Salt Lake City. Read
more about the project their technology is supporting here.

EPA SBIR contact:

April Richards

richards.april@epa.gov

EPA SBIR: www.epa.gov/sbir

Federal SBIR Information:

www.SBIR.gov

If you're a former EPA SBIR
wardee whose technology

made an impact, we want
to hear from you. Contact
Richards.April(®epa.gov and
share any successes your
technology or small business
has experienced since your
EPA SBIR award,

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EPA SBIR

AMERICA'S SEED FUND FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION

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