Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) ma Nov. 19 ma luna o $16 miliona i nā haʻawina FY 2020 no Nā papahana 29 i loko o ka Polokalamu Noiʻi Hana Hou (SBIR), Phase II.
ʻO ka papahana USDA-NIFA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) e kālele ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻike ʻepekema i nā huahana a me nā lawelawe me ka pono pāʻoihana a/a i ʻole ka pōmaikaʻi kaiāulu.
"Ke kākoʻo nei kā mākou papahana SBIR i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e hana nei i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻenehana hou, hoʻohaunaele a kōkua i ka neʻe ʻana i nā holomua noiʻi mai ka hāpai ʻana i ka mākeke," wahi a NIFA Acting Director Parag Chitnis. "Mai ka makahiki 1983, ua hoʻolako kālā kēia papahana ma luna o 2,000 mau noiʻi a me nā papahana hoʻomohala, e ʻae ana i nā haneli o nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e ʻimi i kā lākou ʻenehana ʻenehana, a hāʻawi i kahi mea hoʻoikaika no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā manaʻo hou."
Nui nā ʻano papahana i hoʻolālā ʻia no SBIR Māhele II. Eia kekahi mau laʻana:
- "Shielding Spruce and Douglas Fir Trees from Bark Beetle Attack" (ISCA Technologies, Inc.) - Ke manaʻo nei kēia papahana e hoʻololi i ka hana ʻana o nā pheromones insect synthetic e hoʻomalu i nā pests mahiʻai. ʻAʻole ʻawaʻawa nā Pheromones, pili wale i nā ʻano mea ʻino i manaʻo ʻia, ʻaʻole waiho i nā koena pōʻino ma nā meaʻai, a liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻohe kumu hoʻohaumia kaiapuni.
- "A Scalable and Rechargeable Antimicrobial Coating for Food Equipment" (Halomine Inc.) - Ua manaʻo nā Centers for Disease Control and Prevention i ka 48 miliona mau kānaka e maʻi mai nā maʻi i lawe ʻia i ka meaʻai, 128,000 i ka haukapila, a 3,000 poʻe i make i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma United States. Eia kekahi, hiki ke piʻi ke kumukūʻai i nā ʻoihana meaʻai. A hiki i kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe mea antimicrobial i loaʻa i ke kūʻai aku i hoʻohana ākea i nā pathogens. ʻO HaloFilm™ kahi mea hoʻoheheʻe ʻia, hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka wā maloʻo, waiho ʻia kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni lahilahi ma luna o kahi ʻili e hōʻemi / kūʻē i nā pathogens ma nā lako meaʻai.
- "Ultraflow Power Sensors for Firefighter Safety and Monitoring of Surrounding Air Quality" (KWJ Engineering Inc.) - Hoʻopuka nā ahi Wildland i ka nui o ka pollution ea, pinepine ma nā wahi nui loa. Hoʻopilikia kēia mau mea haumia i ke olakino a me ka palekana i nā mea pane mua, a me nā poʻe noho ma nā wahi kokoke a me nā kaiāulu downwind. Ua hoʻomohala ʻo KWJ i kahi laina liʻiliʻi, haʻahaʻa, akā pololei, nā mea ʻike kinoea electrochemical e hoʻomaikaʻi nui i ka palekana, ka nānā pono pilikino, a me ka nānā ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka ea no nā ahi ahi.
- "Drivetrain for High Capacity Factor Distributed Wind Turbine" (Pecos Wind Power, Inc.) - E hōʻike ana kēia papahana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā turbine makani liʻiliʻi i hāʻawi ʻia i ka ʻenehana a me ka hoʻokele waiwai no ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka uila haʻahaʻa i nā wahi kuaʻāina.
E kipa i ka pūnaewele o USDA-NIFA no ka papa inoa piha o ka Phase II (FY2020) SBIR hāʻawi i nā mea loaʻa. E aʻo hou e pili ana i ka NIFA SBIR a heluhelu abstracts papahana kālā i hala.
Kākoʻo nā papahana i kākoʻo ʻia e NIFA i nā kumuhana he nui i wehewehe ʻia ma ka USDA Science Blueprinthttps://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/usda-science-blueprint.pdf a hoʻoneʻe iā mākou i kahi kokoke i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā pahuhopu i wehewehe ʻia ʻO ka papahana hoʻolālā mahiʻai a USDA.