GridBridge: NASA-fueled GridBridge snags more federal dollars

GridBridge - a Raleigh startup hand-picked by President Barack Obama's team for a $140 million manufacturing initiative at N.C. State University- just snagged another honor and $700,000. The firm, which recently announced it had received a NASA contract, has just been awarded more than $700,000 from the National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovation Research program for its energy router. It's the same grant that helped propel Cree, SunPower and First Solar during their early…