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The Innovative Partnership Program Office (IPPO) 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, IPPO 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 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.

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NASA's Dynamic Innovative Process
NASA's Innovative Partnership Program is engaged in a dynamic process to match technology needs with capabilities.
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Public Benefits from NASA


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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


  Centennial Challenge & Meatball
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
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Reverse Brayton Cycle Cryogenic Cooler + STS-95
Biomass Production System + STS-110

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May 14, 2008
NASA Future Forum, San Jose, CA

NASA leadership, astronauts, scientists, and engineers along with local business, technology and academic leaders and local, state and federal officials discuss the role of space exploration in advancing science, engineering, technology, education and the economy that benefits your community and the nation. + Read More

DID YOU KNOW?

Nanotechnology may help revolutionize medicine in the future with its promise to play a role in selective cancer therapy.
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JPL Nanotubes Help Advance Brain Tumor Research
The potential of carbon nanotubes to diagnose and treat brain tumors is being explored through a partnership between NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and City of Hope, a leading cancer research and treatment center in Duarte, Calif.... City of Hope researchers hope to boost the brain's own immune response against tumors by delivering cancer-fighting agents via nanotubes. A nanotube is about 50,000 times narrower than a human hair, but it length can extend up to several centimeters. + Read More

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