Innovative Partnerships Program presentation to the NASA APPEL class

1. INNOVATIVE
Partnerships
Program

2. Who is IPP?

4. What does IPP do?

5. Create and manage partnerships to
foster and transfer Langley’s
technology, capabili8es, and
exper8se

9. Small Business Innova8on Research/Small Business Technology Transfer, aka
SBIR/STTR
Waveguide‐based module specifically built
and extensively tested by AdvR, Inc.
Module integrated into Langley High Spectral
ResoluIon Lidar Seed Laser

10. TecFusion ™ Forums
• Over 20 TecFusion™ Forums since 2004
• Some 70 resul8ng partnerships
• New products for NASA, et. al.
At the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), RCA
(an Audiovox subsidiary) introduced he RCA
Airenergy unit converts the WiFi antenna signal to
DC power .

11. Infusion Workshops
Intersense Head-Worn Display (HWD)
Prototype
• Supports Next-Generation Air
Transportation System (NextGen)
• Features inertial-optical hybrid motion
tracking technology
Benefits:
• improved situation awareness
• increased ground-air collaborative
decision making
• clearance negotiation
• precision navigation
Phase III Oct 2008
Phase III Aug 2009 ‐ $250K

12. Licenses/Patents

13. Transferring NASA Technology
http://www.sti.nasa.gov/spinoff/database

15. Did you say “funding?!”
Funded Opportunities – take technology from idea to product
Centennial Challenges
Innovation Technology Initiative
Discretionary Funds
SBIR
FAST/CRuSR

16. Innova8ve Technology Ini8a8ve
Proof‐of‐concept projects
• Funded 20 projects across NASA in 2009, selected from over 230 proposals
• Expanding program for 2010 and beyond
Mimicking Gecko Foot Surfaces for
Lunar Dust Mi8ga8on
Langley Research Center

17. Centennial Challenges
NASA Prizes for the Citizen-Inventor
• 19 compe88ons held since 2005, $4.5M in prizes
• Plans for 2010 and Beyond
• Prize ideas solicited from the public and across NASA
• $5.5M available for prizes
• Power Beaming and Strong Tether Challenges
• Green Flight Challenge
• New challenges
• Build partnerships with Educa8on
Green Flight
Power Beaming

18. Langley/Johnson Innova8on Pavilion

19. Yet2.com

20. Winning/Awards

21. Marke8ng?

22. Langley IPP MarkeIng on All Fronts

23. SBIR/STTR Awards Informa8on
• PHASE I
– Feasibility study
– $100K award
– 6 months dura8on (SBIR)
– 12 months dura8on (STTR)
• PHASE II
– Technology Development
– 2‐Year Award
– Up to $750K (SBIR/STTR)
• PHASE III
– Technology Infusion/Commercializa8on Stage
– Use of non‐SBIR Funds
– Ability to award sole‐source contracts without JOFOC based on specific SBIR
authority – NASA and NASA primes.