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Chicago, IL · 6 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site
“Cryo-Compatible Electro-Optic Modulation Using Scalable Commercial TFLN Foundry Platform”
$303k 2 awards
Nov 3, 2025
Rolling Meadows, IL · 6 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II
“Lithium Niobate In-Phase/Quadrature Modulator for High-Bandwidth Data Transmission at Cryogenic Temperatures”
$1.9M 3 awards
Nov 3, 2025
Bolingbrook, IL · 30 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II
“FEM GeniusóAI-powered Intelligent Agent for Automated Finite-Element Modeling of Aerospace Structures”
$1.9M 3 awards
Oct 30, 2025
Evanston, IL · 6 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“AI-based software toolkit for finite element modeling of aerospace structures based on Convolutional Hierarchical Deep-l Learning Neural Net”
$1.3M 2 awards
Oct 30, 2025
Chicago, IL · 1 employee · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site
“Servo Throttle Strategy for Solid Fuel Ramjet”
$240k
Oct 21, 2025
Chicago, IL · 7 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“Machine Learning and Array Beamforming Military Boom Microphone”
$1.5M 3 awards
Oct 7, 2025
Chicago, IL · 3 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I
“SBIR Phase I: High-Temperature Fermentation for Volatile Organic Chemical Production”
$245k
Oct 1, 2025
Naperville, IL · 1 employee · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I
“First in Class Mitochondrially targeted antioxidants with transcriptional modulator capabilities and their implication in the diseases of th”
$349k
Sep 30, 2025
Champaign, IL · 44 employees · Department of Energy · Phase I · company site
“PVD manufacturing process for inner protective liners enabling advanced cladding compositions to reduce fuel-cladding chemical interactions,”
$400k 2 awards
Sep 26, 2025
Northfield, IL · 7 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · company site
“Development and Validation of a Compliant Reversible Actuator and Detector Leveraging Electrophysiology for Organoids (Organoid-CRADLE)”
$1.0M 2 awards
Sep 24, 2025
Chicago, IL · 3 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“A Systematic Approach to High Operating Temperature (HOT) Colloidal Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetectors”
$2.1M 2 awards
Sep 24, 2025
Winnetka, IL · 4 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · company site
“Zinnia All Day: An application for mobile devices and connected TVs to assist care partners promote routine in activities of daily living in”
$500k
Sep 20, 2025
Chicago, IL · 9 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II · company site
“Advanced Imaging Methods in Pulse EPR”
$1.2M
Sep 19, 2025
Granite City, IL · 9 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site
“Micrometeorite Shield with Tailorable, High-Performance, Thermal/Optical Properties for Spacecraft Telescope Baffle”
$150k
Sep 18, 2025
Champaign, IL · 20 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site
“Health monitoring and pre-flight diagnostics for robust electrical machines”
$150k
Sep 17, 2025
Evanston, IL · 1 employee · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II
“Anatomic Imaging Derived 4D Hemodynamics using Deep Learning”
$813k
Sep 16, 2025
Willow Springs, IL · 12 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II · company site
“Scaling a network of small community-based care homes as a high-value alternative to institutional care”
$1.1M
Sep 16, 2025
Niles, IL · 60 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site
“Radiation Resistant Solar and Laser Power Converter for Lunar Applications”
$300k 2 awards
Sep 16, 2025
Buffalo Grove, IL · 7 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · company site
“WHIM (Women's Health in Menopause): Promoting healthy aging in menopausal women”
$400k
Sep 15, 2025
Evanston, IL · 3 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I
“AGT001 for Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplantation”
$610k 2 awards
Sep 15, 2025
Chicago, IL · 3 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I
“A cell-permeable peptide therapeutic to reduce myocardial reperfusion injury”
$388k
Sep 15, 2025
Champaign, IL · 17 employees · Department of Education · Phase II · company site
“CGScholar AI Helper: A Generative AI Writing and Learning Assistant”
$1M
Sep 12, 2025
Lombard, IL · 2 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II
“Development of a novel MYC inhibitor for cancer therapy”
$1.1M
Sep 12, 2025
Evanston, IL · 42 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site
“Multi-scale location-specific fatigue life prediction for additive propulsion components”
$693k 4 awards
Sep 11, 2025
Park Ridge, IL · 7 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II · company site
“Development of a safer stem cell-based diabetes therapy via suicide gene-mediated ablation of proliferative cells”
$915k
Sep 10, 2025
Chicago, IL · 30 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“American-Made High-Energy Density Flow Battery with Neutral pH Electrolytes for Tactical and Strategic Energy Resilience”
$1.2M
Sep 10, 2025
Chicago, IL · 12 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II
“Novel Telomere-Targeting Therapy for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer”
$770k
Sep 9, 2025
Chicago, IL · 1 employee · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I
“Leveraging Large Scale Bioinformatics and AI for Natural Product Drug Discovery and Target Selection”
$307k
Sep 5, 2025
Streamwood, IL · 7 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I
“Innovative Advances in Coatings for Extreme Environmental Thermal Radiators and Complex Surfaces”
$150k
Sep 2, 2025
Chicago, IL · 3 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · company site
“A platform for the rapid development of protein binders”
$307k
Sep 1, 2025
Naperville, IL · 5 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · woman-owned · company site
“Betterbot: Promoting Accessible and Inclusive Mental Health Support for Individuals with Brain Injury”
$500k
Sep 1, 2025
Chicago, IL · 21 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“Next Generation Condition-Based Maintenance Plus for USAF”
$1.3M 2 awards
Aug 28, 2025
Naperville, IL · 14 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site
“"Revolutionizing Infrastructure/security and compliance for the warfighter using AI/NLP"”
$149k
Aug 28, 2025
Sugar Grove, IL · 36 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Next-Gen Fuel Testing: Automating Breakpoint Detection with an Upgraded Thermal Oxidation Stability Test Equipment”
$1.2M
Aug 26, 2025
Champaign, IL · 9 employees · Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site
“NetCDF4 / HDF5 Format Extension Pack (NFEP): Transparently Adding More Formats to NetCDF4 and HDF5”
$1.5M 3 awards
Aug 26, 2025
Chicago, IL · 4 employees · Department of Defense, Department of Energy · Phase I/II · company site
“Low SWAP frequency combs for RF photonic chips and portable atomic clocks enabled by black phosphorus actives”
$2.1M 3 awards
Aug 25, 2025
Northbrook, IL · 24 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“High-Volume Low-Cost Long-range Fixed Wing UAS with near-conflict Distributed Manufacturability”
$1.5M 2 awards
Aug 22, 2025
Champaign, IL · 3 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase II
“SkyAID: A Safe Autonomy Infrastructure for Disaster Response”
$850k
Aug 8, 2025
Bolingbrook, IL · 30 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II
“Metasurface-coupled HgCdTe alloys for nonreciprocal optical limiting”
$2.0M 2 awards
Aug 7, 2025
Chicago, IL · 3 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase II · company site
“Highly Photorealistic Programmable 3D Worlds”
$848k
Aug 6, 2025
Willowbrook, IL · 2 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I
“A new drug to treat transplant-associated renal ischemia-reperfusion injury”
$307k
Aug 1, 2025
Chicago, IL · 7 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II · company site
“Development of a Multispectral Kerrison Rongeur for Dura and Nerve Root Detection”
$1.0M
Aug 1, 2025
Evanston, IL · 2 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I
“Tolerogenic Nanotherapy to Delay Type I Diabetes”
$350k
Jul 25, 2025
Chicago, IL · 2 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I
“SBIR Phase I: Compact Haptic Actuators Using Electroosmotic Pumps”
$305k
Jul 15, 2025
Chicago, IL · 9 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Integration of Physiological Alerting and Location Monitoring from WearTAK-Mil into Special Tactics Radio Data Transport Layers”
$2.5M 2 awards
Jul 9, 2025
Oswego, IL · 100 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site
“Marksmanship Analysis and Training Information System (MANTIS)”
$139k
Jul 7, 2025
Urbana, IL · 26 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“Development of a Shipboard Modular Refrigeration System Using Carbon Dioxide as the Refrigerant”
$1.1M 2 awards
Jul 7, 2025
Chicago, IL · 3 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I
“The Avidimer Platform - a molecular toolbox to accelerate proximity research and drug discovery”
$314k
Jul 1, 2025
Rantoul, IL · 2 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I · company site
“STTR Phase I: Development of Seed Applied Bacterial Consortium for Soybean to Increase Yield, Nitrogen Fixation, Disease Resistance, and Aft”
$275k
Jul 1, 2025
Glencoe, IL · 4 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site
“TALON2D: Tactical Autonomous Layer for Optimized Networking with Distributed and Decentralized Key Management”
$140k
Jun 30, 2025
Rockford, IL · 36 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Advanced Ceramic Electrochemical Cell for Oxygen Production”
$1.4M
Jun 25, 2025
Peoria, IL · 19 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Enduvo TACFI - RAISE: Rapid AI-Immersive Scalable Education”
$3.2M 2 awards
Jun 11, 2025
Chicago, IL · 1 employee · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · company site
“Development of a DISE-inducing, short RNA therapeutic to treat ovarian cancer”
$400k
Jun 9, 2025
Evanston, IL · 3 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase II · woman-owned
“SBIR Phase II: A Gram-Negative Bacterial Secretion Platform for Cost-Effective, High-Purity Recombinant Protein Production”
$1.2M
Jun 5, 2025
Chicago, IL · 1 employee · National Science Foundation · Phase I · company site
“STTR Phase I: Supersonic Inertial Separation for Carbon Capture Technologies”
$305k
Jun 1, 2025
Aurora, IL · 3 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I
“SBIR Phase I: Novel Mechanism for Refreshable Braille Device with Embedded Curriculum”
$305k
May 22, 2025
Willowbrook, IL · 12 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“SPECTRE - Silent Propulsion, Extended Range, Covert Transport and Resupply Engine”
$1.8M
May 21, 2025
Kenilworth, IL · 1 employee · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II
“3D in vitro model of genetic and sporadic FTD: accelerating novel therapeutic development”
$1.3M
May 9, 2025
Glenview, IL · 19 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · woman-owned · company site
“New and Improved Domestic Carbon Monofluoride for D-size lithium-primary battery cells.”
$2.0M
May 6, 2025
Chicago, IL · 2 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I
“SBIR Phase I: Portable Blood Diagnostic Technology Enabling Care Delivery Beyond Hospital Walls”
$305k
Apr 29, 2025
Chicago, IL · 48 employees · Department of Transportation · Phase II · company site
“Child Safety Using Optical and V2X Digital Alerting Technology to Bring School Buses and Students on the Vehicle Grid for Collision Preventi”
$748k
Apr 22, 2025
North Chicago, IL · 3 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II · company site
“A novel, non-antibiotic, microbiome-directed agent to prevent post-surgical infection”
$1M
Apr 17, 2025
Chicago, IL · 4 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · company site
“ASHES: Assessing Smoking BeHavior with ThErmal Sensing to Prevent Relapse”
$400k
Apr 15, 2025
Chicago, IL · 54 employees · Department of Energy · Phase II · company site
“Real-Time Adaptive Control for Conduction Mode EB Welding of Niobium Cavities”
$724k
Apr 14, 2025
Orland Park, IL · 6 employees · Department of Energy · Phase II · company site
“Engineered Substrates for Radiation-Hard Sensors in High Energy Physics”
$1.1M
Apr 14, 2025
Skokie, IL · 7 employees · Department of Energy · Phase II · company site
“Towards Rapid and Accessible DNA Synthesis for Synthetic Biology via Beam Pen Lithography”
$1.1M
Apr 14, 2025
Evanston, IL · 5 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I/II · company site
“Lowering Economic, Infrastructure, & Physical Barriers with Noninvasive, Wireless Telemedicine Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow Sensing for Pediatri”
$1.3M 2 awards
Apr 12, 2025
Chicago, IL · 7 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II
“Development of a Novel Biosensor to Accelerate Investigations of the Gut Microbiome”
$1.1M
Mar 1, 2025
Champaign, IL · 25 employees · Department of Energy · Phase I · company site
“Development of a Portable Microplasma Far-UVC Source for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections”
$206k
Feb 18, 2025
Chicago, IL · 3 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site
“Accelerated Physical Rehabilitation & Improved Military Readiness Through Movement-Synchronous Electrical Muscle Stimulation”
$109k
Jan 14, 2025
Rockford, IL · 150 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Final Development & Qualification of NSN 5996-01-419-3249 Aircraft Synchronous Amplifier”
$925k
Jan 13, 2025
Chicago, IL · 2 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II · company site
“Multi-omic CSF Assay for the Diagnosis of Brain Cancers”
$844k
Jan 1, 2025
Chicago, IL · 4 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Pressure-Tolerant Electronically Steered Antenna for Satellite Communications on Unmanned Undersea Vehicles”
$645k
Dec 18, 2024
Skokie, IL · 20 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site
“Protective Eyewear with Vision Correction Using Continuous 3D Printing”
$204k
Nov 27, 2024
Sugar Grove, IL · 38 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · woman-owned · company site
“Steel Laminated Armor Plate (SLAP)”
$249k
Nov 13, 2024
Chicago, IL · 1 employee · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I
“Home-Use Synergy-Alleviating System.”
$93k
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