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Max-Ir Labs Incorporated: SBIR & STTR awards
4 awards worth $1.32M to 1 companies since 2017 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Max-Ir Labs Incorporated's federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | $256.5K |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | $166.5K |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | $750.0K |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | $150.0K |
The latest year fills in over months: agencies report awards to SBIR.gov with a lag.
Latest matching awards
| Award | Company | Agency | Phase | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus & Method to Certify Properties of Infrared Optical Materials · topic A244-066 | Max-Ir Labs Incorporated · Texas | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase I | $256.5K | 2025-02-20 |
| Infrared Chemical Sensor for Toxic Industrial Chemicals/Toxic Industrial Materials (TICs/TIMs) Filtration Performance Monitoring · topic A20B-T025 | Max-Ir Labs Incorporated · Texas | Department of Defense · Army | STTR Phase I | $166.5K | 2021-01-28 |
| Midwave Infared (MWIR) Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCL) Thermal Monitoring · topic AF17A-T026 | Max-Ir Labs Incorporated · Texas | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase II | $750.0K | 2018-09-26 |
| Thermal Monitoring of Quantum Cascade Lasers Using Scanning Near-Field Infrared Radiometry With Sub-Wavelength Resolution · topic AF17A-T026 | Max-Ir Labs Incorporated · Texas | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase I | $150.0K | 2017-08-11 |
Source: SBIR.gov award data (SBA) ↗, awards through 2026-08-28. Amounts are as agencies report them to SBA. SBIR/STTR contracts also appear in USAspending as ordinary awards; grants (NIH, NSF, DOE) appear as assistance. Open topics are posted by each agency; see Opportunities for contract notices.