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HARTFORD - Three small bioscience companies in the New Haven area have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive nearly $600,000 in federal grants for scientific projects that have commercial applications. Connecticut continues to be among the national leaders when it comes to innovation and federal government clearly recognizes this," said Gov. M. Jodi Rell in announcing the awards April 22. "These funds will help companies build on research and development and strengthen the high-tech industries that flourish here because of our highly skilled and educated workforce."

The grants are part of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs (SBIR/STTR). The Connecticut companies were chosen on the basis of science and technical merit from 1,862 applications submitted nationwide.

The local grant-winners are:

• Omega-P Inc. of New Haven, which was awarded $400,000 for several projects, including development of a high-energy electron-positron collider, improved microwave technology that has the potential to make the U.S. an industry leader and improvements in vacuum electronics, such as those in television transmitters.

• North Haven's Precision Combustion Inc., which received $99,924 for a project that will efficiently recover gas from methane deposits and simultaneously reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

• Proton Energy Systems of Wallingford, awarded $99,876 for a project that will develop efficiencies in hydrogen generation systems, which can be integrated with renewable energy sources to create hydrogen fuel.

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