Small Business Innovation Research · Small Business Technology Transfer
Water Illumination Inc: SBIR & STTR awards
5 awards worth $2.19M to 1 companies since 2024 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Water Illumination Inc's federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | $1.24M |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | $400.0K |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | $550.0K |
The latest year fills in over months: agencies report awards to SBIR.gov with a lag.
By agency
- National Science Foundation 2 awards · $1.51M
- Environmental Protection Agency 2 awards · $500.0K
- Department of Agriculture 1 awards · $175.0K
Latest matching awards
| Award | Company | Agency | Phase | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBIR Phase II: Next-Generation Deep Ultraviolet Photochemical Reactor · topic ET | Water Illumination Inc · California | National Science Foundation | SBIR Phase II | $1.24M | 2026-07-24 |
| Demonstration of a Chemical-free Short-wavelength UV Based PFAS Destruction Technology for Saline Wastewater Treatment · topic 1B | Water Illumination Inc · California | Environmental Protection Agency | SBIR Phase II | $400.0K | 2024-10-16 |
| A chemical-free UV light-driven PFAS destruction technology to treat nontraditional water resources for agricultural irrigation · topic 8.4 | Water Illumination Inc · California | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase I | $175.0K | 2024-07-10 |
| SBIR Phase I: A Tunable Deep Ultraviolet (UV)-based Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Destruction Technology for Water Treatment · topic ET | Water Illumination Inc · California | National Science Foundation | SBIR Phase I | $275.0K | 2024-01-15 |
| Development of a Chemical-free Short-wavelength UV Based PFAS Destruction Technology for Saline Wastewater Treatment · topic 1B | Water Illumination Inc · California | Environmental Protection Agency | SBIR Phase I | $100.0K | 2023-12-01 |
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.