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SBIR SUCCESS Parthian Battery Solutions is Unlocking New Life for Retired Batteries
The growing reliance on lithium-ion batteries has ushered in a critical challenge: managing these batteries at the end of their useful life. Without effective solutions, we run the risk of losing out on their significant remaining useful value and the critical rare-earth minerals contained within. This gap in end-of-life management is compounded by the lack of trusted sales channels and transparent methods to evaluate battery quality and assess their potential for second-life applications. Parthian Battery Solutions is determined to change that.
SBIR SUCCESS: O Analytics is Space Intelligence in Action
O Analytics is focused on driving innovation beyond our atmosphere, or as they put it, “putting new space intelligence into action … sooner.”
Founded in 2019, O Analytics is a space object and detection characterization company started by Dr. Stacey Jones. With a PhD in computer science, she has over 15years of experience in developing aerospace systems for both defense and civil applications, including work with the DoD to support space domain awareness and threat characterization. The company is working to solve an interesting problem - tracking objects in our increasingly crowded near-Earth atmosphere. O Analytics’ mission is simple: answer the questions, "What is it? What is it doing? And what will it do next?"
Your Guide to Federal Funding: Our New, Free, On-Demand SBIR Training Platform
We’re excited to announce the public launch of “The SBIR and STTR Program: A Complete Course.” This comprehensive course is specifically designed by SBIR experts to help you understand and navigate the SBIR or STTR application process. Designed with busy researchers and entrepreneurs in mind, the brief lessons allow you to learn about the process on your schedule.
Creating a Commercialization Plan for your SBIR/STTR Proposals
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are designed to move early-stage and impactful technologies closer to commercialization, but what does “commercialization” mean?