U.S. Department of Energy

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and

Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program

Preliminary Topic Titles for the 2008 SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunity Notice

NOTE:  THESE ARE ONLY TITLES.  TOPICS ARE NOT AVAILABLE YET.      

The DOE plans to issue the 2008 SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunity Notice in September 2007.  The technical topics of interest are listed below and are subject to change prior to release.  Also, they are not necessarily in the order they will appear in the funding notice.  Full topic descriptions will be available in the Funding Opportunity Notice.

 

DOE FY 2008 Technical Topic Titles

1. Numerical Software Maintenance
2. Scientific Visualization and Data Understanding
3. High Performance Networks
4. Scalable System Software for Petascale Computer Systems
5. High Performance Middleware
6. Search, Discovery, and Communication of Scientific and Technical Information in Distributed Systems
7. Atmospheric Measurement Technology
8. Genomes-to-Life (GTL) and Related Biotechnologies
9. Carbon Cycle Measurements of the Atmosphere and the Biosphere
10. Technologies for Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring
11. Medical Sciences
12. Instrumentation for Neutron Scattering, Electron Microscopy, and Scanning Probe Microscopy
13. Technology to Support National Scientific User Facilities
14. Accelerator Technologies for Present and Future Accelerator Facilities
15. Advanced Coal Research
16. Materials for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems
17. Solid State Electrolyte Development for Advanced Energy Storage Devices
18. Materials for Advanced Cooling Applications
19. Solid-State Lighting
20. Catalysis
21. Chemical Reactions and Separation Processes for Bio-Refinery Applications
22. Technologies Related to Energy Storage for Hybrid and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
23. Nanotechnology
24. Alternative Feedstocks
25. Wind Energy Technology Development
26. Traditional Energy Efficient Lighting Technologies
27. Geothermal Technologies
28. Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies
29. Petroleum Industry Technologies
30. Solar Energy
31. Vehicle Technologies
32. Production of Biofuels from Biomass
33. Deactivation and Decommissioning of Facilities and Site Remediation the DOE Complex
34. Advanced Turbine and Fuel Cell Power Generation Technologies for Central Coal Power Plants
35. Innovations to Reduce Environmental Impact and Increase Efficiency in Coal Power Plants
36. Coal Gasification and Combustion Technologies
37. High Performance Materials for Long Term Fossil Energy
38. Climate Control Technology for Fossil Energy Applications
39. Enhanced Oil Recovery, Oil Shale, Soil and Natural Gas Technologies
40. Advanced Technologies and Materials for Fusion Energy Systems
41. Fusion Science and Technology
42. High Energy Density Physics for Inertial Fusion Energy
43. High Energy Physics Data Acquisition and Processing
44. Accelerator Technology for the International Linear Collider
45. Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Accelerators
46. Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders
47. High-Field Superconductor and Superconducting Magnet Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders
48. High Energy Physics Detectors
49. Remote Sensing
50. Radiation Detection
51. Seismic Detection
52. Advanced Technologies for Nuclear Energy
53. Nuclear Physics Software and Data Management
54. Nuclear Physics Electronics Design and Fabrication
55. Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology
56. Nuclear Physics Detection Systems, Instrumentation and Techniques
57. Natural Disaster Reduction Through Technology
58. Advanced Energy Storage and Power Electronic Systems
59. High Temperature Superconductivity