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The Innovative Partnership Program (IPP) provides needed technology and capabilities for NASA's Mission Directorates,
Programs and Projects through investments and partnerships with Industry, Academia,
Government Agencies and National Laboratories. As one of NASA's Mission Support Offices, IPP supports all Mission Directorates and has Program Offices at each of the NASA Centers. In addition to leveraged
technology investments, dual-use technology-related partnerships, and technology solutions for NASA, IPP enables cost avoidance, and accelerates technology maturation. IPP also seeks to be a facilitator and catalyst for innovation in technology transfer—or spinoffs—to provide solutions to the private sector or other government agencies with NASA-developed technology resulting in public benefit. IPP achieves these mission objectives through a network of offices at each of NASA's 10 field centers.
IPP consists of the following program elements: Technology Infusion which
includes the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology
Transfer (STTR) Programs and the IPP Seed Fund; Innovation Incubator which includes
Centennial Challenges and new efforts such as facilitating the purchase of services from
the emerging commercial space sector; and Partnership Development which includes
Intellectual Property management and Technology Transfer, and new innovative
partnerships. Together these program elements increase NASA's connection to emerging
technologies in external communities, enable targeted positioning of NASA's technology
portfolio in selected areas, and secure NASA's intellectual property to provide fair access
and to support NASA's strategic goals. Technology transfer through dual-use partnerships
and licensing also creates many important socio-economic benefits within the broader
community.
We invite you to visit these sites to explore NASA technology and to access opportunities
for technology transfer, development and collaboration with NASA.
The IPP Environment
Public Benefits from NASA
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Spinoff 2008 NASA Technology Award Winners
Since its inception in 1976, Spinoff has featured myriad award-winning technologies that have been recognized by NASA and industry as forerunners in innovation. Here is a chronology of these winners, including the year(s) they were featured in Spinoff and the year they were awarded one (or more) of the following: R&D 100; Space Technology Hall of Fame; NASA Invention of the Year; and NASA Software of the Year
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NASA and the Challenger Center Announce Naming Contest
NASA and the Challenger Center for Space Education have partnered to engage students in ongoing activities for one of NASA's concepts for astronaut housing on the moon through a contest to name a habitat in Antarctica.
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50th Anniversary at NASA
To commemorate NASA's beginning, the agency has released a multimedia experience that takes visitors on an interactive tour of its first five decades of exploration.
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NASA Contributions to Cancer Research
Since its founding in 1958, NASA's exploration and research missions have benefited people around the world through the expansion of our civilization's horizons, the acquisition of knowledge, and the development of new technologies and applications that provide amazing new advances in the quality of human life.
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NASA 50th Anniversary Essay Competition Winners
The winners of NASA's 50th Anniversary Essay Competition have been selected.
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NASA Home and City
Discover how space exploration impacts your daily life.
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Medicine in Outer Space
Space-based medical research is bringing benefits to all Americans.
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SBIR/STTR Hallmarks of Success Videos
BIR Hallmarks of Success Videos are a collection of short videos about successful companies that have participated in the SBIR and STTR Programs.
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Providing Technology for NASA
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SBIR/STTR 2008 Phase I Solicitations
July 7 - September 4, 2008
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Allied Organizations Honored by NASA
The Allied Organizations which conduct the Centennial Challenge competitions for NASA were honored for their contributions to the advancement of air and space technology on March 10, 2008.
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'NASA Invention of the Year' Controls Noise and Vibration
Developed at NASA's Langley Research Center, the Macro-Fiber Composite (MFC) is an innovative, low-cost piezoelectric device designed for controlling vibration, noise, and deflections in composite structural beams and panels.
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Shuttle Mission/SBIR Technologies
Cryogenic Heat Transport System STS-95
Miniature Cryogenic Turboalternator STS-95
Reverse Brayton Cycle Cryogenic Cooler STS-95
Biomass Production System STS-110
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Upcoming Events
Feb 24-25, 2009
NASA PM Challenge
Daytona Beach, FL
The PM Challenge is focused on training, lessons learned, knowledge sharing and new ideas in the areas of program and project management, systems engineering, risk management and related disciplines. + Read More
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Computer Technology
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Program Assists Satellite Designers
Managed by Goddard Space Flight Center, the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) was launched on December 30, 1995, from Kennedy Space Center, and to this day, it is still active. The satellite carries several instruments and is part of the Science Mission Directorate’s study of deep space. The RXTE measures the timescale of flickering X-rays, called oscillations, revealing the underlying physics of the violent environment around objects such as neutron stars and black holes. The oscillations reveal the nature of the physical environment of the star system, so by studying these oscillations and tracking the same X-ray sources for years, RXTE scientists form a picture of the events that are taking place.
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+ Spinoff 2008
+ NASA Tech Award Winners
+ More Spinoff Info
+ Innovations Vol 14 #1
+ Technology Benefits
+ Top 20 Technologies
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+ Mythbusters
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