ALOFT BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: AIR-FILM CASSETTE FOR GRAVITY-INDEPENDENT LIFE SCIENCE SAMPLE PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS
ALOFT BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from National Aeronautics and Space Administration in a technical approach.
- Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
- Obligated amount $223,315. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Tagged technology areas: Space & Satellite, Human Performance & Medical. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
Summary
Aloft Biotechnologies won a $223k NASA Phase I SBIR award to create an air-film cassette for preparing and analyzing life-science samples in zero-gravity environments. The device aims to enable reliable biological experiments aboard spacecraft or the ISS.
- Amount
- $223,315
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- NAICS
- 541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
- Place of performance
- FL
- Period
- 2026-09-30 → 2027-03-30
Technology domains
Description
SBIR PHASE I AIR-FILM CASSETTE FOR GRAVITY-INDEPENDENT LIFE SCIENCE SAMPLE PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS