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Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP)

Silicon Valley Innovation Program

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Language Translator

Current SVIP performers for the Language Translator topic call.

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K9 Wearables Technologies

Current SVIP performers for the K-9 Wearable Technologies topic call.

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SVIP Application Process

This section outlines the process for applying for an SVIP award. 

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SVIP FAQs

This section provides answers to frequently asked questions about the SVIP program.

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SVIP Portfolio

This section provides in depth description about SVIP active topic areas and lists current performers, their technical areas, and their current SVIP Phase. 

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News Release: Veteran-Owned Start-Up to Develop New COVID-19 Screening Method

DHS S&T awarded $199,653 in Phase 1 funding to Farmspace Systems, LLC, a veteran-owned start-up based in Alamo, Tenn., to enhance its COVID Finder technology, a non-thermal detection COVID-19 screening method.

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News Release: UW to Help DHS Develop COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing App Testing Criteria

DHS S&T awarded $959,305 to the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington (UW-APL) to bring together a group of experts and trusted entities to develop digital contact tracing (DCT) application (app) testing criteria.

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ST Silicon Valley Innovation Program

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) is keeping pace with the innovation community to tackle the hardest problems faced by DHS and the Homeland Security Enterprise.

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News Release: S&T SVIP Continues Partnership with Atlanta-Based Start-Up

DHS S&T's Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP), has awarded a Phase 5 Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to Bastille Networks, an Internet of Things (IoT) technology company located in Atlanta, Georgia, to continue their work with DHS.

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News Release: S&T Award for Genuine Presence Detection and Anti-Spoofing

DHS S&T awarded $198K in phase 4 funding to iProov Ltd., of London, England, to test and pilot its solution, developed over the first three SVIP project phases, in a full-scale CBP operational environment.