In FY 2009, Small Business Innovation Research program Phase II awards supported the following projects:

Agile Mind, Inc.
Grapevine, TX
Principal Investigator: Linda Chaput
Title: Agile Mind Visualization

Knowledge Athletes
Fairport, NY
Principal Investigator: David Miller
Title: Literacy Engagement and Achievement Passport (LEAP): Capitalizing on Social Networking Practices to Increase Adolescent Literacy, Engagement, and Achievement

Nimble Assessment Systems, Inc.
Wellesley, MA
Principal Investigator: Michael Russell
Title: Developing the Digital Workpad

Triad Digital Media, Inc.
Greensboro, NC
Principal Investigator: Robert Brown
Title: Math Monster Mystery: A Formative Assessment in Game Format For 4th Grade Mathematics

In FY 2009, Small Business Innovation Research program Fast-Track (Phase I and II) awards supported the following projects:

Fluidity Software, Inc.
Somerville, MA
Principal Investigator: Donald Carney
Title: An Online Professional Development Program for FluidMath

G84 Consulting
Birmingham, AL
Principal Investigator: Joaquin Gentry
Title: Web-Based Multimedia Platform to Enhance Teacher-Led Inquiry-Based Learning in Middle School Science

Seward, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
Principal Investigator: Gregory Sales
Title: Word-Learning Strategies: A Program for Upper-Elementary Readers

Virtual Learning Technologies, Inc.
Chandler, AZ
Principal Investigator: Snehal Patel
Title: An Empirical Approach to Developing Web-Based Math Learning Games to Improve Elementary School Student Outcomes

Advanced Medical Electronics Corporation
Maple Grove, MN
Principal Investigator: Gary Havey
Title: Connectivity to Modern Electronics for the Hearing Disabled

Assistech Systems, LLC
Eugene, OR
Principal Investigator: Thomas Keating
Title: A Cognitively Accessible Software Application for Augmented Self-Management

Motion Control, Inc.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Principal Investigator: Harold Sears
Title: Utility Arm – An Upper Arm Prosthesis

Touch Graphics, Inc.
New York, NY
Principal Investigator: Steven Landau
Title: Audio-Tactile Interactive Computing with the Livescribe Pulse Pen

Vcom3D, Inc.
Orlando, FL
Principal Investigator: Jason Hurdich
Title: Signing Science Pictionary for Young Learners who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing