Energy & power: open SBIR/STTR topics
8 open or upcoming topics mention energy & power, across 2 agencies. Matched by keywords in the topic title and description.
Bio-inspired Underwater Teams
Bio-inspired underwater vehicles have nearly matched the speeds and efficiencies of real fish.
Expeditionary Solar Refinery for Direct Synthesis of Methanol Feedstock from Water and Air
Modern warfare tactics have demonstrated the need to shift toward small, specialized, dismounted tactical units which can operate free from the supply line.
Advanced Reserve Power Source Technologies
Power source performance in terms of power and energy density is the major objective with affordability, safety, and reliability secondary objectives of Air Force Armament Directorate programs for advanced reserve power sources for weapon systems.
Energy Production and Power Generation
SBIR.gov lists this topic without a description. Open the official solicitation for the full scope.
Energy Storage
SBIR.gov lists this topic without a description. Open the official solicitation for the full scope.
Energy Technologies
The Energy Technologies topic covers new energy sources and resources, power generation, energy storage and electronic systems for energy sources used in mobile technologies and off-grid applications.
Power Management Infrastructure and Smart Grid Systems
SBIR.gov lists this topic without a description. Open the official solicitation for the full scope.
Wireless Technologies
The Wireless topic involves next-generation wireless communication technologies requiring systems with high data rates, low costs and that support a wide variety of applications and services while maintaining full mobility, minimum latency, and long battery life.
Past SBIR/STTR awards in energy & power
Since 2021, SBIR.gov records 805 SBIR/STTR awards worth $443.0M here. Top agencies: Defense (324), Energy (275), National Science Foundation (89), NASA (83), Agriculture (18), Health and Human Services (8). Most frequent awardees: TDA RESEARCH, INC. (16), CORNERSTONE RESEARCH GROUP INC (15), LYNNTECH INC. (12), GINER INC (11), PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. (10), STORAGENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC (9).
- On-Orbit Manufacturing of Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics by ABOVE: ORBITAL INC. (Phase I, Defense, 2023, $74,997)
- Safe and High Reliability Batteries for Air Force on Demand Power Application by ADA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Phase II, Defense, 2023, $1,800,000)
- Solar blind UVC and VUV detectors by ADROIT MATERIALS, INC. (Phase I, Defense, 2023, $140,000)
- Low-cost high-volume durable coating method for bipolar plates by ADVANCED COOLING TECHNOLOGIES INC (Phase I, Energy, 2023, $200,000)
- Advanced Thermal Management System for Heavy-Duty Hydrogen Fuel Cells Stacks by ADVANCED COOLING TECHNOLOGIES INC (Phase I, Energy, 2023, $199,997)
- Thermally Enhanced Obstructed Flow Board for Hot Spot Mitigation by ADVANCED COOLING TECHNOLOGIES INC (Phase I, Energy, 2023, $199,992)
- Development of New Metallization Pastes for Front-Side of Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells by ADVANCED MATERIAL ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY LLC (Phase I, Energy, 2023, $198,161)
- Solar-Blind Solid-State Energetic Particle Detection for Next-Generation Instruments by ADVENT DIAMOND, INC. (Phase II, NASA, 2023, $900,000)
- MODULAR ELECTRIC AUXILIARY POWER UNIT WITH ENERGY STORAGE by AEGIS POWER SYSTEMS INC (Phase II, Defense, 2023, $1,622,803)
- SBIR Phase I:Novel electrolyzer architectures to enable electrified chemical manufacturing at industrial scales by AEPNUS TECHNOLOGY INC (Phase I, National Science Foundation, 2023, $274,986)
Source: SBIR.gov public award dataset, matched by keywords. Not an official classification.
Related areas: Sensors & sensing · Maritime & undersea · Environment, water & climate · Logistics & sustainment · Communications & networking
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