Development of OrganoBait synthetic bait, the NSF-Supported projected from Kepley BioSystems to provide an ocean-restorative alternative bait product
Technology topic
Environmental Technologies
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
1. Conservation, Adaptation and Restoration
2. Digital Ecosystem for the Environment
3. Emission or Waste Reduction and the Circular Economy
4. Food, Regenerative Agriculture, and Energy
5. Measurement
6. Resiliency
7. Sustainable Community Systems
8. Water Treatment, Resilience, and Sanitation
9. Other Environmental Technologies
Application process for Environmental Technologies funding
Eligibility for Environmental Technologies 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 proposals +
- Technological Innovation
- Broader Impacts
- Commercial Potential
- Read more about our criteria
Take our Project Pitch Suitability Assessment to see if your work might be a good fit for NSF funding.
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