NanoPattern receives $1MM Phase II SBIR grant from the National Science Foundation

August 30th 2021 | Chicago, IL - NanoPattern Technologies recently received a $999,428 grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant program. With this grant, NanoPattern will scale the photo-patternable quantum dot ink to demonstrate compatibility with display manufacturers.

Key Authors of the proposal Include Yu Kambe, Forrest Etheridge, and Dmitri Talapin.

About the NSF’s Small Business Programs

America’s Seed Fund powered by NSF awards $200 million annually to startups and small businesses, transforming scientific discovery into products and services with commercial and societal impact. Startups working across almost all areas of science and technology can receive up to $2 million to support research and development (R&D), helping de-risk technology for commercial success. America’s Seed Fund is congressionally mandated through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The NSF is an independent federal agency with a budget of about $8.5 billion that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. For more information, visit seedfund.nsf.gov.