Small Business Innovation Research · Small Business Technology Transfer
Luna Innovations Incorporated: SBIR & STTR awards
87 awards worth $30.82M to 1 companies since 1997 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Luna Innovations Incorporated's federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | $399.9K |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | $1.45M |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | $2.21M |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | $4.59M |
| 2019 | 6 | 2 | $3.15M |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | $3.54M |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | $1.62M |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | $1.46M |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | $150.0K |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | $225.0K |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | $1.15M |
| 2010 | 4 | 2 | $2.50M |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development of Fiber Optic Dry Cask Monitoring System to Enhance Safety and Security of Spent Fuel Transportation and Storage · topic C56-41b | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $200.0K | 2023-07-10 |
| C56-40.W Optical Fiber Based Distributed Radiation Detection · topic C56-40w | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | STTR Phase I | $199.9K | 2023-07-10 |
| 36i: Fiber-Optic Multifunctional Sensor for Crack Monitoring in Harsh Environments · topic C54-36i | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | STTR Phase I | $200.0K | 2022-06-27 |
| 36q: Scaled Reduced Mode Sapphire Fiber Production Towards High Temperature Radiation Resilient Sensors · topic C54-36q | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | STTR Phase I | $200.0K | 2022-06-27 |
| 17a: Comprehensive Wind Turbine Health Monitoring System · topic C54-17a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | STTR Phase I | $199.9K | 2022-06-27 |
| Distributed Rayleigh Sensing in Superconducting Magnets · topic C54-25a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $199.6K | 2022-06-27 |
| Cloud-based Management and Analysis of Large, Complex Distributed Acoustic Sensing Data · topic C53-01a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | STTR Phase I | $250.0K | 2022-02-14 |
| Accelerating Development of a Nonaqueous Flow Battery Membrane Separator Material · topic C53-18a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | STTR Phase I | $200.0K | 2022-02-14 |
| 21e: Large-Aperture Fine-Scale Passive Seismic Monitoring for Carbon Storage with DAS · topic C53-21e | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $200.0K | 2022-02-14 |
| Detection of Micron-Scale Flaws through Nonlinear Wave-Mixing · topic 10c | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.15M | 2021-08-27 |
| 11a: Aramid Copolymers as Reinforcing Compatibilizers for Mixed Plastics Recycling · topic 11a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $200.0K | 2021-06-28 |
| Embedded Fiber Optic Sensors for High Temperature Flow Measurements · topic 39l | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | STTR Phase I | $200.0K | 2021-06-28 |
| 39o: Thermoelectric Heat Exchangers for Nuclear Reactors · topic 39o | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $200.0K | 2021-06-28 |
| Improved Lignocellulose Deconstructing Enzymes · topic 34a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $256.5K | 2021-02-22 |
| OxyCycle Membrane for High Purity Oxygen Separation from Air · topic 25a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $200.0K | 2021-02-22 |
| Flexible FlueCO2 · topic 1 | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy · ARPA-E | SBIR Phase II | $733.1K | 2021-06-16 |
| Flexible FlueCO2 · topic 1 | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy · ARPA-E | SBIR Phase I | $256.6K | 2021-01-15 |
| Processing Mixed Salts and CO2 Utilization · topic 15e | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.15M | 2020-08-27 |
| Serial Cryogenic Pressure and Temperature Sensors · topic 29d | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.10M | 2020-08-24 |
| Conversion of Plastic Waste into Economically Viable Filaments and Fibers · topic 15a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $200.0K | 2020-06-29 |
| 17c: Solid Phase Supports for Flue Gas CO2 Separation with Molten Electrolytes · topic 17c | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.15M | 2020-04-06 |
| Detection of Micron-Scale Flaws through Nonlinear Wave Mixing · topic 10c | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.05M | 2019-08-19 |
| Real-Time Distributed Quench Detection In High Temperature Superconductor Magnets · topic 20a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | STTR Phase II | $1000.0K | 2019-08-19 |
| 8a: Comprehensive Enzyme Stabilization for Cell-Free Bioproduction · topic 08a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $206.5K | 2019-07-01 |
| 20d: Plasma Process for Using CO2 · topic 20d | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $200.0K | 2019-07-01 |
| 33(a) Sapphire Single Mode Fiber Development Towards High Temperature Radiation Resilient Sensors · topic 33a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $200.0K | 2019-07-01 |
| 29(d) Serial Cryogenic Pressure and Temperature Sensors · topic 29d | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $200.0K | 2019-07-01 |
| Oxygen Separation Membrane For Oxy-Fuel, Coal-Fired Power Plants · topic 22b | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2019-02-19 |
| Advanced Computation Methods towards High-Resolution Fiber Optic Distributed Acoustic Sensing · topic 21a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | STTR Phase I | $150.0K | 2019-02-19 |
| Fiber-Optic Sensor for Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Pressure · topic 29a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.01M | 2018-08-27 |
| Processing Mixed Salts and CO2 Utilization · topic 15e | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.00M | 2018-08-27 |
| Extreme Temperature Distributed Sensing in Modular Energy Systems · topic 17b | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | STTR Phase I | $230.0K | 2018-07-02 |
| Detection of Micron-Scale Flaws Through Nonlinear Wave-Mixing · topic 10c | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $155.0K | 2018-07-02 |
| Real-Time Distributed Quench Detection in High Temperature Superconductor Magnets · topic 20a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | STTR Phase I | $150.0K | 2018-07-02 |
| Solid Phase Supports for Flue Gas CO2 Separation with Molten Electrolytes · topic 17c | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1000.0K | 2018-05-21 |
| Surface Modification of Cellulose Nanofibrils for Reinforcement of Composites · topic 08a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2017-06-12 |
| Fiber Optic Sensor for Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Pressure · topic 29a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2017-06-12 |
| Rapid Distributed Sensing of Subsurface In-Situ Stress · topic 13a | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.01M | 2017-04-10 |
| Solid Phase Supports for Glue Gas CO2 Separation with Molten Electrolytes · topic 17c | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $155.0K | 2017-02-21 |
| NH3 Separation Membrane for CO2 Utilization · topic 15e | Luna Innovations Incorporated · Virginia | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $153.5K | 2017-02-21 |
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.