EPA SBIR Solicitation Topics

May 2024
www.epa.gov

The 2024-2025 EPA SBIR solicitation is now open
through August 21 st. The topics are:

Clean and Safe Water

•	Nature-based Solutions for Water Reuse

•	Technologies for the Treatment of PFAS in
Wastewater Sewage Sludge and Biosolids

•	Treatment for Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins in
Drinking Water at the Household Scale

Air Quality & Climate

•	Technologies and Tools to Monitor and Reduce Air
Toxics Exposures

•	Air Pollution Control Technologies for Small Sources

Homeland Security

• Scenario-Based Training for Disaster
Response

Circular Economy/Sustainable Materials

•	Preventing and Recycling Food Waste

•	Source Reduction and Reuse

•	Lowering Embodied Carbon in the Built
Environment

Safer Chemicals

•	Rubber Anti-Degradants that are Lower Concern
for Human Health and the Environment

•	Next Generation Fertilizers

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EPA's SBIR Program

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
(EPA) mission is to protect human health and the
environment. EPA's SBIR Program supports small
businesses (500 or fewer employees) to develop
and commercialize novel environmental technologies
that support this mission.

PHASE I

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

PHASED

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

For information on the EPA SBIR Program, visit:

www.eDa.aov/sbir

For questions, contact:

April Richards, SBIR Program Manager

(202)564-6462 or richards.april&epa.aov

For information on the federal-wide SBIR Program, visit:

www.SBIR.aov.

Join the listserv for notices about upcoming solicitations
and other EPA SBIR news at www.eDa.aov/sbir/sbir-
listserv.

SBIR Success Stories

Ecovative Designs

Ecovative Designs has developed mushroom-based
materials for various uses including packaging,
construction materials, and furniture. The company
uses bio-fabrication using mycelium grown on natural/
waste products as their main source material. Ecovative
has achieved multiple successes through gaining
clients like Ikea and Crate & Barrel, and launching a
spinoff, MyForest Foods to produce gourmet mycelia
for whole-food, meat-free ingredients.

Pure Blue Inc

Pure Blue Inc has developed a technology that uses
ultrasound generated via thin and flexible efficient
transducers, embedded in membrane filters- which
effectively reduces the occurrence of membrane
fouling by up to half. This technology can lower the
cost of reverse osmosis treatment which is key to many
reuse applications. As a result, Pure Blue Inc's prototype
technology has been successfully integrated in
industrial-scale reverse osmosis systems and have pilot
projects planned across North America to advance this
innovative technology. Pure Blue was also able to
recently secure an investment of $2 million in funding,
to expand their company and accelerate product
development.

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