SBIR/STTR Research Award
Microbial Detectors of Explosives
Award amount
$99,967Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Infoscitex Corporation
- Proposal award date
- 2006-09-12
- Contract end date
- 2007-03-11
- UEI
- NJM7E3Y9QXJ5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- A06-T025
Research abstract
The presence of residual explosive materials in areas previously used as ranges by the US military presents a significant safety and environmental health hazard. Current methods of detecting explosives in soils require extensive soil and/or water sampling and analysis using portable laboratories. These impose significant cost and time burdens during the site remediation process. In this Phase I program, Infoscitex Corporation (IST), Texas A&M University (TAMU), and the University of Rhode Island (URI) propose the development of a new microbial detector for explosives. This detector will contain microorganisms that react specifically with targeted energetic materials (EM) and reveal their presence via intensive fluorescence. Experimental efforts will focus on development of microorganisms, production of microbial sensors, and validation on a selected energetic material.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- OMBA - On the Move Balance Assessment
- Synthetic Heterogeneous Anatomy by Rapid Prototyping (SHARP)
- Biosensor and Controller for Closed Loop Anesthesia Delivery System
- HITS Hemorrhage Instrumented Training System
- Physical Anatomical Trainer Instrumented for Education and Non-subjective Testing (PATIENT)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Detection of Explosive Materials Using an Encapsulated Fluorescent Bioprobe
- Detection of Explosive Materials Using an Encapsulated Fluorescent Bioprobe
- In Situ Near Real-time Detection of RDX in Soil(1000-908)
Research funding history
210 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–2013). Reported award amounts total $64,528,765. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture