NASA Invests $105 Million in US Small Business Technology Development
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WASHINGTON, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ NASA has a long history of supporting America s entrepreneurs as they develop technologies from ideas to commercial readiness. The agency s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is furthering that legacy with 140 new Phase II awards to 127 U.S. small businesses that will help them move their innovations to market.
The awards to these small businesses, located across 34 states and Washington, D.C., total $105 million. NASA s small business program is dedicated to finding the most useful technologies for the agency and the commercial marketplace, and sourcing those innovations from a diverse group of entrepreneurs with different backgrounds and perspectives. The companies chosen for Phase II funding include 33 women-owned, minority-owned, and veteran-owned small businesses.
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FirstBank Reports Double-Digit Growth in Year-Over-Year Assets, Deposits and Loans for First .
FirstBankMay 11, 2021 GMT
LAKEWOOD, Colo., May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) FirstBank, one of the nation’s largest privately held banks with a focus on “banking for good,” closed the first quarter of 2021 with double-digit growth in deposits, assets and net loans from the same period last year, including a 29.1 percent increase in total deposits to $23.5 billion.
The bank’s total assets grew by 28 percent to $25.9 billion and net loans were up by 16.3 percent from last year to $13.4 billion. Additionally, FirstBank originated more PPP loans than any bank in Colorado, helping thousands of small businesses get to the other side of the pandemic.
FirstBank Reports Double-Digit Growth in Year-Over-Year Assets, Deposits and Loans for First Quarter of 2021
Bank is originating more PPP loans than any other Colorado financial institution and makes a $50,000 contribution to the Center for African American Health
LAKEWOOD, Colo., May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) FirstBank, one of the nation’s largest privately held banks with a focus on “banking for good,” closed the first quarter of 2021 with double-digit growth in deposits, assets and net loans from the same period last year, including a 29.1 percent increase in total deposits to $23.5 billion.
The bank’s total assets grew by 28 percent to $25.9 billion and net loans were up by 16.3 percent from last year to $13.4 billion. Additionally, FirstBank originated more PPP loans than any bank in Colorado, helping thousands of small businesses get to the other side of the pandemic.
Lunar telescope could reveal the Dark Ages of the universe
Vladimir Vustyansky/JPL/NASA
This illustration shows the proposed Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the far side of the moon.
Scientists want to build a radio telescope on the far side of the moon to help pull back the curtain on the mysteries surrounding the beginning of the universe.
While not an official full-fledged NASA mission, the concept of the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope, or LCRT, has been in development for years. The project recently received a $500,000 boost upon entering the second phase of NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program.