NSF SBIR (America's Seed Fund)

NSF's non-dilutive seed fund (Phase I ~$275K, Phase II ~$1M+) has repeatedly backed wildfire startups, including Drone Amplified (aerial ignition drones), Helios Pompano (lightning-ignition detection) and WUI-GO (wildfire evacuation digital twins).

Buys

• Detection & sensing
• Forest & fuels
• Prediction & response
• Suppression & aerial

Contracts & solicitations (8)

• NSF SBIR Phase I — WUI-GO wildfire evacuation traffic nearcast
• NSF SBIR Phase II — WUI-GO decentralized evacuation intelligence
• NSF SBIR Phase II — Helios Pompano high-risk lightning detection for w
• NSF SBIR award — Drone Amplified intelligent drone-based backburn tech
• NSF SBIR Phase II — GAIA AI: sensor backpack for forest fuel-load meas
• NSF STTR Phase I — Robotics 88: autonomous UAV mapping of sub-canopy f
• NSF SBIR Phase I — Helios Pompano: ELF lightning-emission sensing for
• NSF SBIR Phase I — Treeswift: robotic forest inventory and mapping

Procurement portal

https://seedfund.nsf.gov/