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Tiptek, LLC: SBIR & STTR awards
9 awards worth $3.90M to 1 companies since 2012 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Tiptek, LLC's federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | $771.5K |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | $1.15M |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | $1.05M |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | $149.9K |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | $150.0K |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | $482.7K |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | $150.0K |
The latest year fills in over months: agencies report awards to SBIR.gov with a lag.
By agency
- Department of Energy 4 awards · $2.56M
- National Science Foundation 3 awards · $907.7K
- Department of Commerce 1 awards · $290.0K
- Department of Health and Human Services 1 awards · $150.0K
Latest matching awards
| Award | Company | Agency | Phase | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigahertz SEM-based Nanoprobes: Enabling Metrology, Failure Analysis, and Device Characterization for Next-Generation Semiconductor Node Manufacturing · topic 2 | Tiptek, LLC · Pennsylvania | Department of Commerce · National Institute of Standards and Technology – CHIPS | SBIR Phase I | $290.0K | 2024-09-17 |
| SBIR Phase I: Controlled Geometry Ultrasharp Nanoprobes for Semiconductor Diagnostics · topic IH | Tiptek, LLC · Pennsylvania | National Science Foundation | SBIR Phase I | $275.0K | 2024-09-15 |
| A Novel Tip-Based Approach to Atomically Precise Energy Efficient Spin Qubit Quantum Devices · topic C58-11d | Tiptek, LLC · Pennsylvania | Department of Energy | STTR Phase I | $206.5K | 2024-07-22 |
| Novel Probes for Tip-Based Atomically Precise Manufacturing · topic 17e | Tiptek, LLC · Pennsylvania | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.15M | 2021-06-17 |
| Novel Probes for Tip-Based Atomically Precise Manufacturing · topic 17e | Tiptek, LLC · Pennsylvania | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase II | $1.05M | 2019-05-28 |
| Novel Probes for Tip-Based Atomically Precise Manufacturing · topic 17e | Tiptek, LLC · Pennsylvania | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $149.9K | 2018-04-09 |
| Improved Probe Tips for Biomedical Atomic Force Microscopy via Batch Wafer-Scale · topic NIGMS | Tiptek, LLC · Pennsylvania | Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2014 |
| SBIR Phase II: Batch Wafer-Scale Fabrication of Improved Probe Tips for Scanned Probe Microscopy · topic NM | Tiptek, LLC · Pennsylvania | National Science Foundation | SBIR Phase II | $482.7K | 2013-04-01 |
| SBIR Phase I: Batch Wafer-Scale Fabrication of Improved Probe Tips for Scanned Probe Microscopy · topic NM | Tiptek, LLC · Pennsylvania | National Science Foundation | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2012-01-01 |
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.