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Environment, water & climate: open SBIR/STTR topics

7 open or upcoming topics mention environment, water & climate, across 2 agencies. Matched by keywords in the topic title and description.

Expeditionary Solar Refinery for Direct Synthesis of Methanol Feedstock from Water and Air

Closes Oct 21, 2026 · 8d leftDepartment of War (DoD) · OSDSTTROSW26TZ06-NV009

Modern warfare tactics have demonstrated the need to shift toward small, specialized, dismounted tactical units which can operate free from the supply line.

Localization, Characterization, and Modeling of Freestream Disturbances in Hypersonic Wind Tunnels

Closes Oct 21, 2026 · 8d leftDepartment of War (DoD) · DARPASTTRDPA26TZ06-DV006

Hypersonic ground-test facilities are critical for evaluating aerodynamic forces, aerothermodynamic heating, and boundary-layer transition (BLT) behavior on high-speed flight vehicles.

TRIAGE-X: Autonomous Casualty Triage and Treatment in Chemically Contaminated Mass Casualty Events

Closes Oct 21, 2026 · 8d leftDepartment of War (DoD) · DARPASBIRDPA26BZ06-DV028

DARPA seeks innovative approaches to autonomous chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear (CBRN) triage that measurably improve casualty survival and increase the effective capacity of a medical response during CBRN disasters.

Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Reversal

Closes Jul 7, 2027 · 267d leftNational Science FoundationET1

SBIR.gov lists this topic without a description. Open the official solicitation for the full scope.

Emission or Waste Reduction and the Circular Economy

Closes Jul 7, 2027 · 267d leftNational Science FoundationET3

SBIR.gov lists this topic without a description. Open the official solicitation for the full scope.

Separations and Water Treatment

Closes Jul 7, 2027 · 267d leftNational Science FoundationCT6

SBIR.gov lists this topic without a description. Open the official solicitation for the full scope.

Water Treatment, Resilience, and Sanitation

Closes Jul 7, 2027 · 267d leftNational Science FoundationET10

SBIR.gov lists this topic without a description. Open the official solicitation for the full scope.

Past SBIR/STTR awards in environment, water & climate

Since 2021, SBIR.gov records 499 SBIR/STTR awards worth $226.2M here. Top agencies: Energy (175), Defense (97), National Science Foundation (80), Health and Human Services (44), Environmental Protection Agency (38), NASA (32). Most frequent awardees: Aquagga, Inc. (8), TDA RESEARCH, INC. (7), ADVANCED COOLING TECHNOLOGIES INC (5), AXNANO LLC (5), MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP (5), NOKOMIS INC (5).

Source: SBIR.gov public award dataset, matched by keywords. Not an official classification.

Related areas: Sensors & sensing · Energy & power · Logistics & sustainment · Hypersonics & propulsion · Medical devices & diagnostics

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