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Welcome to the NASA Innovation Partnerships Program (IPP), Technology Infusion Website.
Much of what we gain from our space exploration is in the scientific and technological progress that comes in the process of doing it. Many of those technologies are the direct result of NASA supported funding for both internal R&D projects performed at NASA centers and external research from the small business community. As a result of these expanding needs for new capabilities to explore space, NASA missions often result in technologies which have applications beyond aerospace. These technologies while targeted for integration into the mainstream NASA flight programs, can also be commercialized creating new marketplace products and provide opportunities for improving the quality of life for the American public right here on earth.
For NASA, Technology infusion is the process of strategically binding technical needs and potential solutions. These innovative solutions, be they hardware or software; enhancing or enabling; near-term or far-term; low Technology Readiness Level (TRL) or High TRL, NASA internally or externally developed; must all be managed through some aspect of transition from their originating source to the targeted challenges within NASA's programs and projects.
The IPP, Technology Infusion Element includes the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) and the IPP Seed Fund programs. Together these programs provide pathways from these originating sources to IPPs' technology portfolio, and provide enabling infrastructures that enhance the infusion of these technologies in NASA missions and programs. These programs allow the agency to implement successful technology infusion and receive benefits in the following ways:
- Leverage limited program funds for technology development
- Leverage partners' funds/investments to achieve NASA's research and development (R&D) goals
- Avoid additional program cost by providing a portfolio of technology solutions
- Accelerate technology maturation through concurrent Research and Development
- Make informed decisions when selecting technologies for programs/projects/missions (i.e., better trade space information)
- Increase the return on its R&D investment with additional marketplace applications of technologies (benefits for both NASA and the public.
NASA issues annual program solicitations that set forth a substantial number of R/R&D topics and subtopic areas consistent with stated agency needs or missions. Both the list of topics and the description of the topics and subtopics are sufficiently comprehensive to provide a wide range of opportunity for Small Business Concerns (SBC) to participate in NASA research or R&D programs. Topics and subtopics emphasize the need for proposals with advanced concepts to meet specific agency R/R&D needs.
+ SBIR and STTR Solicitations
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SBIR/STTR 2008 Phase I Solicitations
July 7 - September 4, 2008
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Technology Development and Infusion from NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program
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We now invite you to visit these sites to explore these programs and your access to opportunities with NASA!
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