NASA Innovative Partnerships Program IPP

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NASA Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP)
AAMURI STTR/SBIR Small Business
ConferenceJanuary 29-30, 2007

• Helen C. Stinson
• Innovative Partnerships Program
• Engineering Programs Systems Office
• Engineering Directorate
• NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center

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NASA Headquarters Mission Directorates
Space Operations
Exploration Systems
Aeronautics Research
Science
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What NASA does for you?
Each of NASAs Centers operate an office
responsible for facilitating the development and
commercial availability of next-generation
technologies that fill the NASA Mission
Directorates technology gaps through strategic
leveraging with industry, academia, government
organizations, and the venture capitalist
community.
Be part of the Journey!
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IPP Program Office
The IPP Program Office fosters technology
development partnerships, commercialization, and
innovation in support of NASAs overall mission
and national priorities.
Be part of the Journey!
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Technology Transfer Focus Areas
Technology Infusion (Spin-in) New Technology
Reporting Technology Licensing (Spin-out)
Software Release Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology
Transfer (STTR) Small Business Technical
Advisor Independent Research and Development
(IRAD)
The Technology Transfer/ Innovative Partnerships
Program fosters technology partnerships,
commercialization, and innovation in support of
NASAs overall mission and national priorities.
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Focus Areas
Technology Infusion (Spin-in)
The Technology Transfer/ Innovative Partnerships
Program fosters technology partnerships,
commercialization, and innovation in support of
NASAs overall mission and national priorities.
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Space Act Agreement

• Partnering with NASA to get the most benefit from
  NASA and U.S. industrys cutting-edge
  technologies . . .

The Technology Transfer/ Innovative Partnerships
Program fosters technology partnerships,
commercialization, and innovation in support of
NASAs overall mission and national priorities.
NASA Joint-Sponsored Space Act Agreement
(SAA) This is a collaborative effort where NASA
may provide resources, including funds, services,
equipment, information, IP, or facilities, on a
shared or pooled basis for the purpose of
advancing mission goals and transferring the
resulting technology to the private
sector. Rights for inventions resulting from the
effort are negotiable at a minimum, however, the
industry partner obtains commercial rights and
NASA retains a limited-purpose license for
government use. Data rights are negotiable
generally, the partners proprietary information
is exempt from release under FOIA. NASA-generated
proprietary data may be protected depending on
circumstances.
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Focus Areas
New Technology Reporting
The Technology Transfer/ Innovative Partnerships
Program fosters technology partnerships,
commercialization, and innovation in support of
NASAs overall mission and national priorities.
One of NASA's primary goals is to share
leading-edge technology with the U.S. industrial
community. The New Technology Reporting process
provides an avenue for innovators to disclose
their inventions, discoveries, and innovations.
Point of Contact Carolyn McMillan,
256-544-9151
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Focus Areas
Technology Licensing (Spin-out)
The Technology Transfer/ Innovative Partnerships
Program fosters technology partnerships,
commercialization, and innovation in support of
NASAs overall mission and national priorities.
One of the primary avenues for partnering with
NASA is through NASAs Patent Licensing Program.
NASA owns over 1,000 patents and patent
applications that protect inventions in hundreds
of subject matter categories. All of NASA
licenses are individually negotiated with the
prospective licensee, and each license contains
terms concerning transfer (practical
application), license duration, royalties, and
periodic reporting. NASA patent licenses may be
exclusive, partially exclusive, or nonexclusive.
Point of Contact Sammy Nabors, 256-544-5226
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Focus Areas
Software Release
When most people think of NASA technology,
software does not always come to mind. However,
software is a strategic asset and a valuable NASA
technology. Software inventions and innovations,
like any other NASA technology, should be
reported and released in order to maximize its
benefit to NASA and the general public. The IPP
Program and the Software Release Authority (SRA)
at each Center work together to ensure the proper
release of software. Each NASA Center has a
process for software release that begins with the
software developer and ends with the Center SRAs
approval or rejection of the request for the
software release. Point of Contact Evelyn
Hill, 256-544-7117
The Technology Transfer/ Innovative Partnerships
Program fosters technology partnerships,
commercialization, and innovation in support of
NASAs overall mission and national priorities.
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Focus Areas
Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Small
Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
Through the Small Business Innovation Research
(SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer
(STTR) programs, NASA encourages small business
concerns (SBCs) and non-profit research
institutions (RIs) with ties to an SBC to obtain
significant funding for the development of
innovations. Both SBIR and STTR seek innovations
that contribute to NASA missions and also have
potential commercial applications. NASA issues a
request for proposals along various technical
topic and subtopic categories each year.
Points of Contact SBIR - Lynn Garrison,
256-544-6719 STTR - Helen Stinson, 256-544-7239
The Technology Transfer/ Innovative Partnerships
Program fosters technology partnerships,
commercialization, and innovation in support of
NASAs overall mission and national priorities.
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Focus Areas
Small Business Technical Advisor
The Small Business Technical Advisor works with
NASA Procurement and small business specialists
to foster the growth of small disadvantaged
businesses. Point of Contact Helen
Stinson, 256-544-7239
The Technology Transfer/ Innovative Partnerships
Program fosters technology partnerships,
commercialization, and innovation in support of
NASAs overall mission and national priorities.
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Focus Areas
Independent Research and Development (IRAD)
IRAD provides an opportunity for an individual or
a group to plan and conduct a well-defined
research or technology development project in a
scientific or technical area. The effort should
be innovative and support new ideas or concepts
relevant to NASA and its objectives. The project
should be performed largely in-house, involving
outside groups or contractors only to the extent
necessary. An important IRAD objective is to
cultivate Marshall talent through "hands-on"
experience. Point of Contact Fred Schramm,
256-544-0823
The Technology Transfer/ Innovative Partnerships
Program fosters technology partnerships,
commercialization, and innovation in support of
NASAs overall mission and national priorities.
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Technology Success
Video Image Stabilization Registration (VISAR)
The Technology Transfer/ Innovative Partnerships
Program fosters technology partnerships,
commercialization, and innovation in support of
NASAs overall mission and national priorities.
Software stabilizes camera motion, produces
clearer images, smoothes edges, enhances stills,
and reduces snow.
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Technology Success
LED Probe
The Technology Transfer/ Innovative Partnerships
Program fosters technology partnerships,
commercialization, and innovation in support of
NASAs overall mission and national priorities.
Light-emitting diodes used in cancer treatment
technique and also in the treatment of
hard-to-heal wounds, such as diabetic skin
ulcers, serious burns, and severe oral sores
caused by chemotherapy and radiation.
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Technology Success
Digital Data Matrix
The Technology Transfer/ Innovative Partnerships
Program fosters technology partnerships,
commercialization, and innovation in support of
NASAs overall mission and national priorities.
Data Matrix markings are capable of storing as
much as 100 times the information as a barcode in
a fraction of the space.
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Contact NASA

• To learn more about IPP
• http//ipp.nasa.gov/

The Technology Transfer/ Innovative Partnerships
Program fosters technology partnerships,
commercialization, and innovation in support of
NASAs overall mission and national priorities.