# Nielson Scientific

**Type:** venture
**Status:** Draft
**Confidence:** Low
**Focus:** deep tech (domain unknown); DOE SBIR
**Stage:** Unknown; DOE SBIR submission (Utah Innovation Center cohort)
**Location:** Utah
**Updated:** 2026-06-19
**Needs-reviewed:** 2026-06-19
**Hero:** https://picsum.photos/seed/nielson-scientific-2026/1600/1100
**Pull:** *A DOE SBIR awardee from the Utah Innovation Center cohort — domain unknown, but the signal is worth following.*
**Relates:** cites [DOE SBIR Award Database: Nielson Scientific](nielson-scientific-doe-sbir.md)
**Relates:** cites [Official Website: Nielson Scientific](nielson-scientific-official-website.md)

## Summary

Nielson Scientific is a Utah company that received Utah Innovation Center support for a DOE SBIR submission. Public information about the company's technical domain, products, team, or funding status is not available as of the time of this writing. The company is included in the wiki because DOE SBIR awardees in Utah have been a reliable signal for interesting deep-tech companies — OxEon Energy, Coreform, and Ionic MT are examples of Utah DOE SBIR recipients that have gone on to meaningful technical work.

Confidence in this entry is low. Almost everything here is uncertain. The entry should be treated as a pointer — something to look up in the DOE SBIR database and update when more information is available.

## Impact

Cannot be assessed without knowing the technical domain. DOE SBIR Phase I awards are typically $150–200K for feasibility studies; Phase II awards are $1–2M for prototype development. If Nielson Scientific received a Phase II award, the project has survived peer review at DOE, which is a meaningful quality signal even without knowing the technical area.

## What They Are Building

Unknown. Recommended next step: search the DOE SBIR award database at sbir.gov using "Nielson Scientific" and "Utah" to identify the award topic, technical abstract, and program office. DOE SBIR topics tend to cluster around energy, materials science, advanced manufacturing, environmental monitoring, and related deep-tech areas — consistent with the rest of this wiki's coverage.

## What They Need Now

Unknown. Generic deep-tech SBIR companies at early stages typically need: engineers and scientists to execute the grant deliverables, translational business development to connect R&D to commercial applications, and follow-on funding beyond the SBIR to reach commercial scale.

## Who Could Help

The Utah Innovation Center connection suggests the company has a relationship with the state's innovation support infrastructure. Without knowing the domain, no specific helpers can be identified.

## Utah Context

The Utah Innovation Center is a state-supported program that helps Utah companies apply for federal SBIR/STTR funding. Companies in its cohort have historically spanned energy, biotech, materials, and software. The center's involvement is a light signal that Nielson Scientific is at least a real company with some form of technical plan — it is not a shell.

## Evidence

- [DOE SBIR Award Database: Nielson Scientific](nielson-scientific-doe-sbir.md)
- [Official Website: Nielson Scientific](nielson-scientific-official-website.md)

## See Also

- [OxEon Energy](oxeon-energy.md) — example of a Utah DOE SBIR recipient that grew to $36M+ in federal funding and built the MOXIE Mars instrument.

## Open Questions

- What is the technical domain and specific DOE program office for Nielson Scientific's SBIR award?
- Is this a Phase I or Phase II award? What is the award amount?
- Who are the founders and what is their technical background?
- Is the company still active as of 2026?
- This entire entry should be updated once the DOE SBIR database is searched.