NASA Selects Four Arkansas Companies’ Proposals for SBIR Program

Through its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, NASA is planning to inject $51 million into 312 small businesses across the United States. Several of those companies are located in Arkansas.

NASA announced that four Arkansas companies have been chosen for Phase I of the SBIR project selection process. Part of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, the SBIR program is designed to stimulate innovation and encourages companies to develop ideas that will “meet the government specific research and development needs with the potential for commercialization,” according to the agency’s website.

All four of the companies are located in Northwest Arkansas’ Washington County. Three of the companies are based in Fayetteville, while one is located in Elkins, a small town approximately 13 miles southeast of Fayetteville.

The companies include: CatalyzeH20, Nanomatronix, Ozark Integrated Circuits and WattGlass.

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*Ozark Integrated Circuits and WattGlass, were startups that spun out of Arkansas’ EPSCoR Track-1 in 2010-2015.