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Environmental Technologies (ET)

Development of OrganoBait synthetic bait, the NSF-Supported projected from Kepley BioSystems to provide an ocean-restorative alternative bait product

Technology topic

Environmental Technologies (ET)

Environmental Technologies covers a variety of areas of current and emerging commercial significance including environmental sensing, data, and advanced analytics. Please highlight any aspects of the proposed technology or approach that address a problem without a current solution, or one which is underdeveloped.

Sub-Topics

ET1. Conservation, Adaptation and Restoration
ET2. Digital Ecosystem for the Environment
ET3. Emission or Waste Reduction and the Circular Economy
ET4. Food, Regenerative Agriculture, and Energy
ET5. Measurement
ET6. Resiliency
ET7. Sustainable Community Systems
ET8. Water Treatment, Resilience, and Sanitation
ET9. Other Environmental Technologies





Application process for Environmental Technologies (ET) funding

Eligibility for Environmental Technologies (ET) funding +
  • Your company must be a small business (fewer than 500 employees) located in the United States.
  • At least 50% of your company’s equity must be owned by U.S. citizens or permanent residents. NSF does not fund companies that are majority-owned by multiple venture capital firms, private equity firms, or hedge funds, to participate in SBIR and STTR.
  • All funded work, including work done by consultants and contractors, needs to take place in the United States.
  • The project’s principal investigator (tech lead) must be legally employed at least 20 hours a week by the company seeking funding. The principal investigator doesn’t need any advanced degrees.
  • The principal investigator needs to commit to at least one month (173 hours) of work on a funded project per six months of project duration.

Evaluation Criteria: What We Look for When Evaluating Environmental Technologies (ET) proposals +

Take our project assessment to see if your work might be a good fit for NSF funding.

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