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Physical Sciences Inc.: SBIR & STTR awards
19 awards worth $7.95M to 1 companies since 2009 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Physical Sciences Inc.'s federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | $175.0K |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | $1.52M |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | $150.0K |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | $999.9K |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | $1.15M |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | $150.0K |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | $149.8K |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | $999.9K |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | $1.15M |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | $150.0K |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | $999.8K |
| 2012 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical and Physical Profiling to Attribute Illicit Substance Origins · topic DHS251-001 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security | SBIR Phase I | $175.0K | 2025-05-13 |
| Modular and Adaptable Systems for Real-time Fusion of R/N and Contextual Data · topic DHS241-006 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security · Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction | SBIR Phase I | $175.0K | 2024-05-23 |
| Spectral Data Fusion for the Detection of Existing and Emerging Synthetic Opioid Analogs · topic DHS241-001 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security | SBIR Phase I | $174.9K | 2024-05-07 |
| Anomaly Detection in Video Streams via Expert LLM Interrogator · topic DHS241-005 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security | SBIR Phase I | $174.8K | 2024-05-07 |
| Enhanced Cargo Screening Analysis via Image-Manifest Correlation · topic DHS231-002 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security | SBIR Phase II | $999.6K | 2024-03-26 |
| Enhanced Cargo Screening Analysis via Image-Manifest Correlation · topic DHS231-002 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2023-05-09 |
| Interferometric Reflectance Imaging Sensor for Rapid Multiplexed Biothreat Detection · topic DHS211-011 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security · Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction | SBIR Phase II | $999.9K | 2022-04-06 |
| Interferometric Reflectance Imaging Sensor for Rapid Multiplexed Biothreat Detection · topic DHS211-011 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security · Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2021-05-12 |
| One dimensional convolutional neural networks for improved training time and standardization in spectral classification · topic DHS201-009 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security | SBIR Phase II | $999.9K | 2021-04-01 |
| One dimensional convolutional neural networks for improved training time and standardization in spectral classification · topic DHS201-009 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2020-05-18 |
| Networked Aerial Vehicle for Automated Radiation Clearing (NAVARC) · topic H-SB019.1-010 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security | SBIR Phase I | $149.8K | 2019-06-21 |
| PCS-Enabled Unattended Radiation Detection and Attribution System · topic H-SB017.1-009 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security · Domestic Nuclear Detection Office SBIR Program | SBIR Phase II | $999.9K | 2018-09-21 |
| Virtual Source Training Toolkit · topic H-SB016.1-011 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security | SBIR Phase II | $1000.0K | 2017-09-22 |
| PCS-Enabled Unattended Radiation Detection and Attribution System · topic H-SB017.1-009 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2017-08-01 |
| Smartphone-based PCS Radiation Analysis and Personnel Training Toolkit · topic H-SB016.1-011 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2016-08-01 |
| Embedded Search and ID Algorithms for Human Portable Radiation Detectors · topic 12.1-002 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security | SBIR Phase II | $999.8K | 2013-10-01 |
| Embedded Algorithms for Radioactive Source Localization and Tracking During Advanced Pedestrian Search · topic 12.1-002 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2012-09-17 |
| Canine training aids for HMTD detection · topic H-SB010.2-004 | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security | SBIR Phase I | $100.0K | 2010-09-27 |
| Robust Discrimination of Human vs. Animal Footsteps Using Seismic Signals | Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts | Department of Homeland Security | SBIR Phase I | $99.9K | 2009 |
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.