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Direct Electron, L.P.: SBIR & STTR awards
19 awards worth $15.78M to 1 companies since 2008 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Direct Electron, L.P.'s federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | $4.23M |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | $666.8K |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | $5.66M |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | $396.2K |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | $1.68M |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | $224.3K |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | $273.8K |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | $2.56M |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | $87.7K |
The latest year fills in over months: agencies report awards to SBIR.gov with a lag.
By agency
- Department of Energy 13 awards · $9.20M
- Department of Health and Human Services 5 awards · $6.28M
- Department of Commerce 1 awards · $289.7K
Latest matching awards
| Award | Company | Agency | Phase | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-Resolution EBSD and TKD Direct Detection Camera · topic 8 | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Commerce · National Institute of Standards and Technology – CHIPS | SBIR Phase I | $289.7K | 2024-09-17 |
| Rad-Hard High-Dynamic-Range TEM Direct Detector · topic C55-18a | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.65M | 2024-04-01 |
| Compressed Ultra-Fast Event-Based Electron Counting · topic C49-15d | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.15M | 2024-04-01 |
| Open Real-Time Access at the Edge for Ultra-Fast EM Data · topic C55-10a | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.14M | 2024-04-01 |
| Rad-Hard High-Dynamic-Range TEM Direct Detector · topic C55-18a | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $254.9K | 2023-02-21 |
| Direct Real-Time GPU Access for Ultra-Fast Electron Microscopy Data · topic C55-10a | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $206.0K | 2023-02-21 |
| Automated STEM Distortion Correction for Arbitrary Scan Patterns · topic C55-10b | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $205.8K | 2023-02-21 |
| An energy discriminating direct detector for multi-color SEM · topic 101 | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health | SBIR Phase II | $1.86M | 2021-09-01 |
| Ultra-High Frame-Rate Pixelated Direct Electron STEM Detector Topic 24, Subtopic a. · topic 24a | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.15M | 2021-06-17 |
| Ultra-Fast Electron Counting Through Edge Computing Topic 15, Subtopic d. · topic 15d | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.15M | 2021-05-03 |
| An Ultrafast Electron Counting Camera for 100 kV Cryo-EM · topic 400 | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health | SBIR Phase II | $1.51M | 2021-02-01 |
| Ultra-Fast Electron Counting Through Edge Computing · topic 15d | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $199.1K | 2020-02-18 |
| Data Reduction and Analysis for Continuous-Tilt Electron Diffraction · topic 01a | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $197.1K | 2020-02-18 |
| Ultra-High Frame-Rate Pixelated Direct Electron STEM Detector · topic 24a | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.53M | 2019-05-28 |
| Ultra-High Frame Rate Direct Detector for EBSD and TKD · topic 15f | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $149.9K | 2019-02-19 |
| Ultra-High Frame-Rate Pixelated Direct Electron STEM Detector · topic 24a | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $224.3K | 2018-04-09 |
| Ultra-high Efficiency Pixelated Area Detector for Energy Resolved Nano-scale Tissue Imaging with He Ion Beam Microscopy · topic 400 | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health | SBIR Phase I | $273.8K | 2017-09-19 |
| A Completely New and Fast Detector for EM · topic NCRR | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health | SBIR Phase II | $2.56M | 2011 |
| A Completely New and Fast Detector for EM | Direct Electron, L.P. · California | Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health | SBIR Phase I | $87.7K | 2008 |
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.