Small Business Innovation Research · Small Business Technology Transfer
Photon Sciences, Incorporated: SBIR & STTR awards
16 awards worth $7.40M to 1 companies since 2016 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Photon Sciences, Incorporated's federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | $1.15M |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | $139.7K |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | $504.7K |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | $1.10M |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | $3.55M |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | $125.0K |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | $440.0K |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | $125.0K |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | $150.0K |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | $124.8K |
The latest year fills in over months: agencies report awards to SBIR.gov with a lag.
By agency
- Department of Defense 10 awards · $5.93M
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration 4 awards · $1.12M
- Department of Energy 2 awards · $350.0K
Latest matching awards
| Award | Company | Agency | Phase | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiber Optic Filter Integration · topic N242-D08 | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $1.15M | 2025-10-08 |
| High Power Digital VCSEL Transmitter · topic N242-085 | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $139.7K | 2024-12-03 |
| VCSEL Based Low Power 250Gbps Optical Transceiver · topic SF241-0021 | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $180.0K | 2024-08-19 |
| High Bandwidth Multimode Fiber Optic Cabling · topic N24A-T001 | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase I | $139.9K | 2024-07-29 |
| Maintenance and Repair Diagnostic Simplification of Fiber Optic Networks · topic N234-P02 | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $75.0K | 2024-01-08 |
| Ultrahigh Bandwidth Cryogenic VCSEL · topic AFX23E-TPCSO1 | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase I | $109.8K | 2023-12-08 |
| High-Speed Digital Fiber-Optic Transmitter · topic N221-D01 | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $1.10M | 2023-02-03 |
| Wavelength Configurable 100Gbps Digital Fiber Optic Receiver · topic N212-D04 | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $799.9K | 2022-04-29 |
| Low Cost, Low Power, Low Latency 1602 nm 100 Gbps NRZ Laser‚ÄìEAM for a 7.2 Tbps Transmitter. · topic S5 | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $750.0K | 2022-04-28 |
| 100Gbps Photonic Crystal VCSEL · topic N20B-T027 | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase II | $2.00M | 2022-03-22 |
| Low Cost, Low Power, Low Latency 1602 nm 100 Gbps NRZ Laser–EAM for a 7.2 Tbps Transmitter. · topic S5 | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $125.0K | 2021-05-05 |
| 100Gbps Photonic Crystal VCSELs · topic N20B-T027 | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase I | $240.0K | 2020-09-11 |
| Design and Development of HIPeR: High channel Integration Picosecond Readout system · topic 34g | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $200.0K | 2020-06-29 |
| Low power 7.2 Terabit Transmitter for Exascale Computing · topic S5 | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $125.0K | 2019-08-19 |
| 100 Gbps Radiation Tolerant Optical Transceiver · topic 27d | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | Department of Energy | STTR Phase I | $150.0K | 2018-07-02 |
| A Low Power Terabit Laser-Modulator Array · topic S5.01 | Photon Sciences, Incorporated · Texas | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $124.8K | 2016-06-10 |
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.