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EPA Awards $200,000 to Los Angeles Small Businesses to Advance Innovative Environmental Technologies
This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing $200,000 in research funding to two Los Angeles small businesses to further develop and commercialize their environmental technologies. The funding comes through the agency¡¯s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant program.
¡°California¡¯s small businesses are leaders in creating innovative and practical zero waste solutions that have far-reaching benefits for communities,¡± said EPA Pacific Southwest Deputy Regional Administrator Cheree Peterson. ¡°These companies¡¯ efforts to bring their technologies to market will advance the circular economy while protecting public health and the environment.¡±
Each year, EPA issues an SBIR solicitation for technology proposals for targeted environmental topics. The SBIR program consists of two phases of funding. The companies announced today previously received Phase I contracts of up to $100,000 for six months during the ¡°proof of concept¡± of their proposed technologies. Now, for this Phase II announcement, companies are awarded up to $400,000 to further develop and commercialize their technologies.
This year¡¯s SBIR Phase II award recipients in Los Angeles are:
- Water Illumination Inc. (Irvine, Calif.) to develop technology using UV light to destroy PFAS in wastewater without producing harmful byproducts.
- Holochip Corporation (Torrance, Calif.) to develop a mobile mapping application that does not require access to GPS, Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi for users in disaster areas.
¡°We are very excited to have received this SBIR award,¡± said Water Illumination CEO Xuejun Yu. ¡°It will accelerate our company¡¯s efforts towards commercializing a sustainable PFAS destruction technology from water that can serve the greater Los Angeles region and beyond."
¡°We are excited to be partnering with EPA to deliver AI-based environmental mapping and localization solutions to improve the safety and efficacy of disaster response teams,¡± said Holochip CEO Robert Batchko. ¡°Holochip has been supporting simulation, training, and mission success with next generation AI, SLAM, XR, and imaging solutions since 2004.¡±
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