National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation (NSF), established in 1950 and located in Alexandria, Virginia, is an independent federal agency dedicated to advancing fundamental research and education across all scientific and engineering disciplines. With an annual budget of approximately $7.8 billion, the NSF operates America's Seed Fund, which allocates nearly $200 million each year to support startups and small businesses through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. This initiative provides non-dilutive funding of up to $1.5 million to assist in research and development efforts, thereby facilitating the transformation of scientific discoveries into commercially viable products and services. By helping to de-risk technology, the NSF plays a crucial role in fostering innovation and addressing societal challenges through scientific advancements.

James Donlon

Program Director

Sean L. Jones

Assistant Director for Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Sethuraman Panchanathan

Director

Ben Schrag Ph.D

Program Director and Policy Liaison, SBIR / STTR

Past deals in New Mexico

Wildlife Protection Management, Inc. manufactures a dart system for delivering vaccines and contraceptives on the horses. Its system also allows for the delivery of radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips for identifying each horse and monitoring the health and location. Wildlife Protection Management, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

PainScan

Grant in 2021
PainScan specializes in developing biomedical devices aimed at measuring and mapping pain intensity on a three-dimensional (3D) image of the human body. The company's innovative medical device incorporates ultrathin pressure sensors embedded in a clinician's glove, along with cameras that track palpation locations. By integrating data from various subjective and objective biosensors, the device allows for a detailed assessment of pain intensity at each palpation site. This technology enables clinicians to visualize pain comprehensively within the peripheral nervous system, enhancing their ability to diagnose and treat pain-related conditions.

Molten Salt Solutions

Grant in 2021
Molten Salt Solutions develops a technology platform to commercialize molten salt synthesis and purification technology. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Optipulse

Grant in 2020
Optipulse, Inc. designs and manufactures wireless communication equipment for intercity and residential communication connection grid.

Roper

Grant in 2019
Roper provides ranchers with real-time decision support to optimize beef cattle health and productivity using a solar-powered, GPS-enabled health wearable and companion mobile app. GPS-steered tractors revolutionized farming and now we're using this same concept to revolutionize beef production. And we're taking it to the next level with health monitoring and predictive analytics, so ranchers can maximize herd fertility and nutrition, sustainably manage grazing, and pinpoint cattle that are sick or distressed.
Radiation Detection Solutions develops the solid-state tissue-equivalent detector, or SSTED, a radiation detection system. The company was founded in 2011 with its headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Tibbar Plasma Technologies develops a plasma heat engine for efficient fusion energy production. The company's headquarters are in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

UbiQD

Grant in 2018
UbiQD, LLC, based in Los Alamos, New Mexico, specializes in the manufacture and marketing of semiconductor nanocrystals, specifically low-hazard quantum dots and nanocomposites. Founded in 2014, the company offers innovative products such as UbiGro, a luminescent film designed to enhance crop growth in greenhouses by retrofitting existing structures. UbiQD aims to make its low-toxicity quantum dots widely accessible for various applications, including safety, design, solar energy, lighting, security, and personal care. The company benefits from its proximity to prominent research institutions like Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratory, fostering collaborations that enhance its research and development capabilities.

MidSchoolMath

Grant in 2017
Provider of educational service intended to offer digital and math curriculum. The company's service offers implementation guide, sample questions along with games to help in learning in an engaging way, enabling students to access their services for learning mathematics in a fun way.
Founded in 1889 as New Mexico’s flagship institution, the University of New Mexico now occupies nearly 800 acres along old Route 66 in the heart of Albuquerque, a metropolitan area of more than 900,000 people. From the magnificent mesas to the west, past the banks of the historic Rio Grande to the Sandia Mountains to the east, Albuquerque is a blend of culture and cuisine, styles and stories, people, pursuits and panoramas.

K&A Wireless

Grant in 2016
K&A is continuing its development of an innovative wireless spectrum intelligence technology in support of next-generation Internet of Things/Everything (IoT-IoE) applications. This will improve spectrum utilization and surety of data in the presence of many other connected users and devices. Market focus is IoT-IoE pollution mitigation in the transportation and smart city segments. McKinsey estimates smart city IoT will have an economic impact of $0.9T to $1.7T (trillion) by 2025. Utilization of spectrum intelligence as part of the IoT-IoE infrastructure improves not only the performance and reliability of the entire system, but also creates a new Natural EcoSystem™ that is unattainable without it. The combined efforts will identify polluting vehicles, create new revenue streams, support regulations and improved driver behavior, provide operational efficiencies, contribute to cleaner air and lower healthcare costs, and enable a better quality of life. K&A’s commercialization partner is SensorComm Technologies, Inc. who is mass-customizing a state-of-the-art NOx emission sensor. SensorComm has engaged K&A to develop the wireless IoT-IoE infrastructure for the NOx sensor, which focuses on smart monitoring of NOx emissions from the exhaust pipe of a vehicle as part of an air quality monitoring system. Active pilot programs are in place in the U.S. with additional pilots being implemented globally. K&A provided foundational IoT/IoE development. Sensor development was originally funded through DoE grants (including SBIR) to, and licensed from, both The University of Florida and The Ohio State University. The SensorComm and K&A team have a combined patent portfolio of eight (8) issued patents (worldwide), two (2) applications and two (2) provisional patents filed, including one related to creating incentive structures for pollution mitigation.

K&A Wireless

Grant in 2016
K&A is continuing its development of an innovative wireless spectrum intelligence technology in support of next-generation Internet of Things/Everything (IoT-IoE) applications. This will improve spectrum utilization and surety of data in the presence of many other connected users and devices. Market focus is IoT-IoE pollution mitigation in the transportation and smart city segments. McKinsey estimates smart city IoT will have an economic impact of $0.9T to $1.7T (trillion) by 2025. Utilization of spectrum intelligence as part of the IoT-IoE infrastructure improves not only the performance and reliability of the entire system, but also creates a new Natural EcoSystem™ that is unattainable without it. The combined efforts will identify polluting vehicles, create new revenue streams, support regulations and improved driver behavior, provide operational efficiencies, contribute to cleaner air and lower healthcare costs, and enable a better quality of life. K&A’s commercialization partner is SensorComm Technologies, Inc. who is mass-customizing a state-of-the-art NOx emission sensor. SensorComm has engaged K&A to develop the wireless IoT-IoE infrastructure for the NOx sensor, which focuses on smart monitoring of NOx emissions from the exhaust pipe of a vehicle as part of an air quality monitoring system. Active pilot programs are in place in the U.S. with additional pilots being implemented globally. K&A provided foundational IoT/IoE development. Sensor development was originally funded through DoE grants (including SBIR) to, and licensed from, both The University of Florida and The Ohio State University. The SensorComm and K&A team have a combined patent portfolio of eight (8) issued patents (worldwide), two (2) applications and two (2) provisional patents filed, including one related to creating incentive structures for pollution mitigation.

Defiant Technologies

Grant in 2016
Defiant Technologies manufactures portable gas chromatograph GC chemical detectors and sensors for VOC analysis in water, soil, and air. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Exhalix

Grant in 2016
Developer of a healthcare device designed for the diagnosis and monitoring of peripheral artery disease. The company's healthcare device provides monitoring of endothelial dysfunction, assists in measuring the rate of atherosclerosis and facilitates the cause of disease and other vascular circulation problems, enabling patients to improve the quality of life by delaying or preventing the development of end organ damage and thereby decrease patient care cost.

MidSchoolMath

Grant in 2016
Provider of educational service intended to offer digital and math curriculum. The company's service offers implementation guide, sample questions along with games to help in learning in an engaging way, enabling students to access their services for learning mathematics in a fun way.

Robocasting

Grant in 2015
Robocasting Enterprises, founded in 2007 and based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, specializes in 3-D printing technology for ceramics and composites. The company develops advanced lattice filters that can be printed using various materials, allowing for precise filtration and flow rate control. These filters are designed to be resistant to chipping and flaking, ensuring that they effectively remove impurities from fluids without introducing additional debris. By providing these innovative filtration solutions, Robocasting enables companies to create components with greater precision and in a more environmentally friendly manner.

K&A Wireless

Grant in 2015
K&A is continuing its development of an innovative wireless spectrum intelligence technology in support of next-generation Internet of Things/Everything (IoT-IoE) applications. This will improve spectrum utilization and surety of data in the presence of many other connected users and devices. Market focus is IoT-IoE pollution mitigation in the transportation and smart city segments. McKinsey estimates smart city IoT will have an economic impact of $0.9T to $1.7T (trillion) by 2025. Utilization of spectrum intelligence as part of the IoT-IoE infrastructure improves not only the performance and reliability of the entire system, but also creates a new Natural EcoSystem™ that is unattainable without it. The combined efforts will identify polluting vehicles, create new revenue streams, support regulations and improved driver behavior, provide operational efficiencies, contribute to cleaner air and lower healthcare costs, and enable a better quality of life. K&A’s commercialization partner is SensorComm Technologies, Inc. who is mass-customizing a state-of-the-art NOx emission sensor. SensorComm has engaged K&A to develop the wireless IoT-IoE infrastructure for the NOx sensor, which focuses on smart monitoring of NOx emissions from the exhaust pipe of a vehicle as part of an air quality monitoring system. Active pilot programs are in place in the U.S. with additional pilots being implemented globally. K&A provided foundational IoT/IoE development. Sensor development was originally funded through DoE grants (including SBIR) to, and licensed from, both The University of Florida and The Ohio State University. The SensorComm and K&A team have a combined patent portfolio of eight (8) issued patents (worldwide), two (2) applications and two (2) provisional patents filed, including one related to creating incentive structures for pollution mitigation.

Robocasting

Grant in 2013
Robocasting Enterprises, founded in 2007 and based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, specializes in 3-D printing technology for ceramics and composites. The company develops advanced lattice filters that can be printed using various materials, allowing for precise filtration and flow rate control. These filters are designed to be resistant to chipping and flaking, ensuring that they effectively remove impurities from fluids without introducing additional debris. By providing these innovative filtration solutions, Robocasting enables companies to create components with greater precision and in a more environmentally friendly manner.

iBeam Materials

Grant in 2013
iBeam Materials, Inc. is a technology company based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, founded in 2011. It specializes in the development of ion-beam alignment techniques for thin layers used in optoelectronic devices. The company produces IBAD textured substrates on metal tapes and wafers, as well as crystal-aligned magnesium oxide coatings on various substrates, including metal, glass, ceramic, and polymers. These products are essential for the deposition of superconductors, such as copper oxide and iron-based materials, as well as other functional coatings. iBeam Materials focuses on creating processes for crystalline alignment that enable clients to achieve epitaxial growth of single-crystal films without the need for traditional single-crystal substrates.

K&A Wireless

Grant in 2012
K&A is continuing its development of an innovative wireless spectrum intelligence technology in support of next-generation Internet of Things/Everything (IoT-IoE) applications. This will improve spectrum utilization and surety of data in the presence of many other connected users and devices. Market focus is IoT-IoE pollution mitigation in the transportation and smart city segments. McKinsey estimates smart city IoT will have an economic impact of $0.9T to $1.7T (trillion) by 2025. Utilization of spectrum intelligence as part of the IoT-IoE infrastructure improves not only the performance and reliability of the entire system, but also creates a new Natural EcoSystem™ that is unattainable without it. The combined efforts will identify polluting vehicles, create new revenue streams, support regulations and improved driver behavior, provide operational efficiencies, contribute to cleaner air and lower healthcare costs, and enable a better quality of life. K&A’s commercialization partner is SensorComm Technologies, Inc. who is mass-customizing a state-of-the-art NOx emission sensor. SensorComm has engaged K&A to develop the wireless IoT-IoE infrastructure for the NOx sensor, which focuses on smart monitoring of NOx emissions from the exhaust pipe of a vehicle as part of an air quality monitoring system. Active pilot programs are in place in the U.S. with additional pilots being implemented globally. K&A provided foundational IoT/IoE development. Sensor development was originally funded through DoE grants (including SBIR) to, and licensed from, both The University of Florida and The Ohio State University. The SensorComm and K&A team have a combined patent portfolio of eight (8) issued patents (worldwide), two (2) applications and two (2) provisional patents filed, including one related to creating incentive structures for pollution mitigation.

MIOX

Grant in 2012
MIOX Corporation specializes in the design and manufacture of on-site generators for water disinfection, producing mixed oxidant solutions and mobile chemical-free disinfection systems. The company's products cater to a variety of applications, including drinking water treatment, wastewater management for municipalities and industries, industrial cooling systems, and oil and gas water treatment, emphasizing water recycling. Additionally, MIOX technology is utilized in food and beverage processing, cleaning applications, and prevention of legionella in settings like hotels, universities, and hospitals. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, MIOX operates as a subsidiary of Industrie De Nora S.p.A.
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