Isiqalo esixhumene neNyuvesi yasePurdue esidizayina, isabalalise futhi sisekele izindawo zokugcina izithombo eziqonde ngqo kumthengi, ezisendlini siwine isibonelelo seNational Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research. Uxhaso lwe-SBIR, olubiza u-$256,000, lwengeza ku-$50,000 ekuxhaseni ngemali okufanayo okuvela ku-Elevate Ventures ukuze kwenziwe umsebenzi wocwaningo nokuthuthukiswa kwe-multispectral photomorphogenesis emakamelweni okulima ajikelezayo e-aeroponic.
I-Heliponix LLC, eyasungulwa ngabaphothule ePurdue Polytechnic Institute, u-Ivan Ball noScott Massey, ithengisa iGroPod Smart Garden Appliance. Kuyi-greenhouse encane yasendlini ukukhulisa ukudla kwansuku zonke kwePure Produce kusuka ekubhaliseni kwe-Seed Pods. Idivayisi elingana nomshini wokuwasha izitsha ingena ngaphansi kwekhawunta yasekhishini futhi ikhula umkhiqizo unyaka wonke, ihlinzeka abathengi ngolethisi nokunye okuluhlaza okusha futhi okungenayo izibulala-zinambuzane.
Ukukhanyisa nobuchwepheshe
Isikhungo se-Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA) se-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute sisebenzisana ne-Heliponix ukuhlinzeka ngamamojula e-LED ebanga locwaningo, ahlukahlukene, aguqulekayo kanye nezinhlelo zokulawula ezihlelekayo ezihambisana negumbi elijikelezayo le-Heliponix.
Lawa mamojula asekelwe kumamojula okukhanyisa ocwaningo lwe-LESA Centre ye-TIGER futhi azohlinzeka ngokuguquguquka kocwaningo okudingekayo Esigabeni I ukuze kuthuthukiswe umthelela wokukhanya kwe-LED ekukhuleni kwezitshalo okuguquguqukayo okuluhlaza okotshani okuhlanganisa i-biomass, isivuno sezitshalo, okuqukethwe okunomsoco kanye nokusebenza kahle kwamandla.
"I-NSF iyaziqhenya ngokusekela ubuchwepheshe besikhathi esizayo ngokucabanga ngale kwentuthuko ekhulayo kanye nokuxhasa ngezimali imibono yokudala, enomthelela kuzo zonke izimakethe nezindawo zesayensi nobunjiniyela," kusho u-Andrea Belz, umqondisi wesigaba seDivision of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships. I-NSF. "Ngokwesekwa kwezimali zethu zocwaningo, noma yikuphi ukuqaliswa kobuchwepheshe obujulile noma amabhizinisi amancane angaqondisa isayensi eyisisekelo ibe nezixazululo ezinengqondo ezibhekana nezidingo ezinkulu."
Ukuphepha kokudla
UMassey uthe, "Ngemuva kokuphazamiseka okuqhubekayo kobhubhane lwe-coronavirus ekulimeni umkhiqizo, kanye nokukhumbula ukuphepha kokudla, kunesidingo esiphuthumayo sokutshala intando yeningi ukuze kusungulwe ubukhosi bokudla. Sibonga ngendlela emangalisayo ngokwesekwa yiNational Science Foundation, iPurdue University, Elevate Ventures kanye nenqwaba yamaHoosiers asekele umsebenzi wethu ukuze sikhule sibe ipulazi elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni ngemishini yethu yasengadini exhunyiwe, ehlakaniphile eyaziwa ngokuthi amaGroPods ngaphandle kokuba nehektare elilodwa. emhlabeni.”
Uma ibhizinisi elincane selizuze isibonelelo seSigaba I SBIR/STTR (esifika ku-$256,000), liyafaneleka ukufaka isicelo soxhaso lweSigaba II (esifika ku-$1,000,000). Amabhizinisi amancane anezibonelelo zeSigaba II afaneleka ukuthola imali engafinyelela ku-$500,000 kuzimali ezifanayo ezihambisana nokutshalwa kwezimali okuvela eceleni noma ukuthengisa.
Abaqalayo noma osomabhizinisi abathumela isiphakamiso sephrojekthi esinamakhasi amathathu bazokwazi phakathi kwamasonto amathathu uma behlangabezana nezinjongo zohlelo ukuze basekele ubuchwepheshe obusha obubonisa isithembiso somthelela wezohwebo kanye/noma womphakathi futhi obuhilela izinga lobungozi bokusebenza. Amabhizinisi amancane anezixazululo ezintsha zesayensi nobuchwepheshe, namandla okuhweba ayakhuthazwa ukuthi afake izicelo. Zonke iziphakamiso ezilethwe ohlelweni lwe-NSF SBIR/STTR, olwaziwa nangokuthi Isikhwama Sembewu SaseMelika esixhaswe yi-NSF, sibhekana nenqubo yokubuyekeza esekelwe kokufanele. Ukuze ufunde kabanzi nge-America's Seed Fund exhaswe yi-NSF, vakashela ku-www.seedfund.nsf.gov.
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