May 23, 2007—The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program recently announced the award of nearly $3 million to 13 companies to support their work in seven key environmental areas: nanotechnology, monitoring of air emissions, pollution prevention, hazardous waste management, water treatment, homeland security, and innovation in manufacturing.
The companies received “proof of concept” awards from EPA last year and will use these additional funds to move their technology towards commercialization.
The companies are working on such technologies as: a portable instrument to monitor hydrogen peroxide concentrations during building decontamination after accidental or purposeful exposure to hazardous biological materials; a fast-response laser tool to measure acrolein, a hazardous air pollutant produced by combustion and industrial sources; a device that improves the detection accuracy of portable volatile organic compound detectors; and a reliable, low-cost, and user-friendly test kit for lead that is based on recent advances in biotechnology
For more information about the research projects or the SBIR program, visit EPA’s Web site.
