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Max-Ir Labs Incorporated: SBIR & STTR awards
12 awards worth $5.06M 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 | 2 | 0 | $569.7K |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | $2.01M |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | $181.5K |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | $259.5K |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | $166.5K |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | $750.0K |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | $975.0K |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | $150.0K |
The latest year fills in over months: agencies report awards to SBIR.gov with a lag.
By agency
- Department of Health and Human Services 3 awards · $1.72M
- Department of Defense 4 awards · $1.32M
- National Science Foundation 2 awards · $975.0K
- Department of Agriculture 2 awards · $831.5K
- Department of Energy 1 awards · $206.5K
Latest matching awards
| Award | Company | Agency | Phase | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inline Analysis of Phosphates in Fluids · topic NIEHS | Max-Ir Labs Incorporated · Texas | Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health | SBIR Phase I | $313.2K | 2025-08-07 |
| 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 |
| PFAS sensor for remediation and industrial wastewater treatment optimization applications · topic R | Max-Ir Labs Incorporated · Texas | Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health | SBIR Phase II | $1.15M | 2024-09-03 |
| Infrared biochemical sensor for Algal production efficiency improvement · topic 8.7 | Max-Ir Labs Incorporated · Texas | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-08-22 |
| Inorganic Carbon Monitoring for Enhanced Carbon Capture in Wastewater Treatment Facilities. · topic C58-24c | Max-Ir Labs Incorporated · Texas | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $206.5K | 2024-07-22 |
| Infrared biochemical sensor for Algal production efficiency improvement · topic 8.7 | Max-Ir Labs Incorporated · Texas | Department of Agriculture | SBIR Phase I | $181.5K | 2023-03-10 |
| Infrared sensor for screening of emerging contaminants in water · topic 113 | Max-Ir Labs Incorporated · Texas | Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health | STTR Phase I | $259.5K | 2022-06-21 |
| 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 |
| SBIR Phase II: Real-Time Nitrogen Sensor for Wastewater Treatment Optimization · topic CT | Max-Ir Labs Incorporated · Texas | National Science Foundation | SBIR Phase II | $750.0K | 2020-06-01 |
| 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 |
| STTR Phase I: Development of low-cost optical sensor for nitrate detection in agricultural soils and environmental waters · topic CT | Max-Ir Labs Incorporated · Texas | National Science Foundation | STTR Phase I | $225.0K | 2018-01-01 |
| 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.