xTech|Phantum
Pays up to $200,000 in cash prizes to U.S. small businesses developing quantum sensor and photonics technology.
The competition runs as three linked stages rather than one submission: a call for concept white papers against one of four named topic areas, a finals pitch event, and an optional Phase I Army SBIR proposal afterward for the eventual winners. Up to sixteen finalists each collect a smaller cash prize and put their technology in front of an evaluation panel of Army and Department of War specialists…
Open to U.S. small businesses proposing quantum or photonics technology in one of four topics: quantum sensors and clocks for position, navigation and timing; quantum radio-frequency sensors; quantum electromagnetic sensors; and photonics. Entrants must be for-profit, majority U.S.-owned, and have no more than 500 employees; non-profits are not eligible.
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