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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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Hubble Spinoffs
NASAs Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has transformed our understanding of the universe with its stunning imagery. With the STS-125 final servicing mission, NASA reflects on some of the ways this orbiting observatory has enhanced our lives.
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Space Shuttle Spinoffs
The Innovative Partnerships Program facilitates commercialization of NASA technologies. Over 100 of these technologies have evolved into spinoffs generated from the Space Shuttle Program.
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Hall of Fame Inducts NASA Spinoff Technologies
During a ceremony at the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs on Thursday, the Space Foundation inducted into its Space Technology Hall of Fame two NASA-derived technologies that are making important contributions to fuel efficiency and infant health.
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Chicago O'Hare International Airport Exhibit
NASA technologies are on display at the O'Hare International Airport as part of a partnership between the Dept. of Aviation, Chicago Office of Tourism and HP, with additional support from NASA and Gigapan.com, developers of new Mars Rover-based technologies for creating and sharing high-resolution panoramic images.
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Goddard's 50th Anniversary Technology Spinoff Art Contest
Help us show how technology innovations from Goddard have impacted our lives here on Earth. Winning art will be used to promote Goddard's upcoming 50th Anniversary event!
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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 Challenger Center Announce Name Of Antarctic Habitat
NASA and the Challenger Center for Space Science Education have selected the winner of the Antarctic habitat naming contest. The name "Resolution" took top honors in the "Name that Habitat" competition.
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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 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
SBIR 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
May 28-31, 2009
28th Annual International Space Development Conference
Orlando, FL
The ISDC is the annual conference for the National Space Society and has grown into the largest public space conference of the year. It is a national gathering for space-interested leaders and citizens to connect, re-energize and make plans for the future.
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