NASA Selects Montana Firms, ADVR, Inc. and Anasphere, Inc. for Innovative Small Business Projects

NASA has selected two Montana companies for negotiation of phase 2 contract awards in its 2004 Small Business Innovation Research program. The companies receiving the contracts each worth approximately $600,000 include:

— ADVR, Inc., http://www.advr-inc.com/ Bozeman, for Monolithic, High-Speed Fiber-Optic Switching Array for Light Detection And Ranging

— Anasphere, Inc., Bozeman,(406) 994-9354 for Low-Power, Lightweight Cloud Water Content Sensor

The goals of the program are to stimulate technological innovation; increase the use of small business, including women-owned and disadvantaged firms, in meeting federal research and development needs; and increase private sector commercialization of innovations derived from federally funded research.

The Small Business Innovation Research program is a highly-competitive, three-phase award system. It provides qualified small businesses with opportunities to propose innovative ideas that meet the specific research and development needs of the federal government.

Phase 1 is a feasibility study to evaluate the scientific and technical merit of an idea. Awards are for up to six months in amounts up to $70,000. Phase 2 expands on the results on the development of Phase 1. Awards are for up to two years in amounts up to $600,000. Phase 3 is for the commercialization of the results of Phase 2 and requires the use of private sector or non-SBIR federal funding. The NASA awards are for the second-phase in this competitive process.

A total of 140 research proposals were selected having a value of approximately $84 million. The contracts will be awarded to 124 small high technology firms in 34 states. Participating contractors submitted 273 phase 2 proposals. The proposals were evaluated to determine if they met the program’s phase 1 objectives and if they were feasible research innovations for meeting agency needs.

Phase 2 continues development of the most promising phase 1 projects. Selection criteria include technical merit and innovation, phase 1 results, value to NASA, commercial potential, and company capabilities. Funding for phase 2 contracts could be up to $600,000 for a two-year performance period.

The program manager is located at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., with executive oversight by NASA Headquarters. Individual projects are managed by NASA’s 10 field installations.

A list of the selected companies with the names of their proposals will be available on the Web after 4 p.m. EDT, today at: http://sbir.nasa.gov

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2 Utah companies to get NASA small-business pacts

NASA has selected two Utah companies to receive Phase 2 contract awards through the Small Business Innovation Research Program.

The contracts, each worth about $600,000, were awarded to Hypercomp Engineering Inc. of Brigham City and Wasatch Photonics Inc. of Logan.

SBIR selected 140 research proposals with a total value of approximately $84 million. The contracts will be awarded to 124 small high-technology firms in 34 states.

Participating contractors submitted 273 Phase 2 proposals. The proposals were evaluated to determine if they met the program’s Phase 1 objectives and if they were feasible research innovations for meeting agency needs.

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