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$2.9 Million in Small Business Contracts for New Environmental Technologies
EPA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program today announced the award of nearly $3 million to 13 companies to support their work in seven key environmental areas: nanotechnology, monitoring of air emissions, pollution prevention, hazardous waste management, water treatment, homeland security, and innovation in manufacturing. The companies received "proof of concept" awards from EPA last year and will use these additional funds to move their technology towards commercialization.
Four companies are working on technologies related to homeland security and/or water quality:
Two companies are exploring the use of cutting-edge nanotechnologies to address environmental problems:
Two companies are working on technologies related to monitoring air emissions:
Two companies are working on technologies related to hazardous waste monitoring:
Two companies are working on technologies related to pollution prevention:
One company is finding new ways to detect lead in paint:
EPA is one of 11 federal agencies that participate in the SBIR program, enacted in 1982 to strengthen the role of small businesses in federal Research and Development, create jobs, and promote U.S. technical innovation. There are approximately 22 million small businesses in the United States that employ more than 50 percent of the private work force and develop most of the country's new technologies. To participate in SBIR, a small business must have fewer than 500 employees, and at least 51 percent of the business must be owned by U.S. citizens.
EPA's SBIR Program supports development of innovative technologies that improve our environment and quality of life, create jobs, increase productivity and economic growth, and improve international competitiveness of the country's technology industry. EPA's program has two phases. In the first phase, a company receives seed money to prove that its new idea can work. In the second phase, the company receives further funds to move the technology to the marketplace.
More information about these research projects: http://www.epa.gov/ncer/sbir/07phase2
Learn more about EPA's SBIR program: http://www.epa.gov/ncer/sbir
Source: U.S. EPA
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