KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 5, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Science Products, Inc. (“Company”) (Pink Sheets:APLD), announced today that it was awarded two phase I SBIR grants from U.S. Government agencies for projects utilizing the company’s patented atmospheric plasma technology. The first grant, in the amount of $104,280 was awarded by the National Science Foundation (“NSF”) to its wholly-owned subsidiary Advanced Plasma Products, Inc. and covers research into the decontamination of fresh produce with atmospheric plasma. The second grant, in the amount of $89,890 was awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (“NIFA”) for research into sustainable nitric acid production using non-thermal plasma.