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Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP)

Overview & Opportunities

National Space Grant Director's Meeting

October 29, 2007Las Cruces, New Mexico

Doug ComstockDirector, IPP202 358-2221doug.comstock@nasa.gov

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About the Innovative Partnerships Program

• IPP is seeking to add value to NASA’s Mission Directorates and their programs and projects, through technology development and infusion to meet mission needs.

• IPP seeks leveraged funding to address these technology barriers via cost-shared, joint-development partnerships.

• IPP Seeks to transfer technology developed by NASA for commercial application and other benefits to the Nation

• IPP seeks increased participation from new sources of innovation for addressing NASA’s technology challenges.

• Facilitator– Bringing parties together, both inside and

outside the agency.– Bridging communication gaps.

• Catalyst– Acting as a pathfinder for implementing new

things – change agent.– Creating new partnerships.– Demonstrating effectiveness of new

approaches and methods.

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Program Elements

Technology

Infusion

Technology

Infusion

– SBIR– STTR– IPP Seed

Fund

Innovation

Incubator

Innovation

Incubator

– Centennial Challenges

– New Business Models

– Innovation Transfusion

Partnership

Development

Partnership

Development

– Intellectual Property management

– Technology Transfer

– New Innovative Partnerships

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SBIR/STTR: 3-Phase Program

• PHASE I

– Feasibility study

– $100K award

– 6 months duration (SBIR)

– 12 months duration (STTR)

• PHASE II

– Technology Development

– 2-Year Award

– Up to $750K (SBIR/STTR)

• PHASE III

– Technology Infusion/Commercialization Stage

– Use of non-SBIR Funds

– Ability to award sole-source contracts without JOFOC based on specific SBIR authority – NASA and NASA primes.

SBIR FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07

Millions of $ 107.3 107.5 110.0 105.6 106.6

Phase 1 Awards 267 312 291 267Phase 2 Awards 155 139 142 186

STTR FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07

Millions of $ 6.4 12.9 13.2 12.3 12.8

Phase 1 Awards 45 40 35 27Phase 2 Awards 18 26 17 22

SBIR is 2.5% of extramural R&D, STTR is 0.3% of extramural R&D.

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SBIR State Information

• State Information Available on SBIR/STTR Website

• http://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/ SBIR/states.htm

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SBIR Program – 2006 Phase 1State Distribution of Awards

State Awards Firms State Awards FirmsAlabama 4 3 Montana 3 2Arizona 5 5 North Carolina 2 2California 54 43 New Hamphsire 5 2Colorado 13 12 New Jersey 10 7Connecticut 6 5 New Mexico 5 4Deleware 2 2 New York 9 7Florida 10 10 Ohio 16 13Georgia 3 3 Oregon 1 1Idaho 1 1 Pennsylvania 12 8Illinois 5 5 Texas 6 4Indiana 1 1 Utah 1 1Massachusetts 29 21 Virginia 20 14Maryland 17 12 Washington 3 3Michigan 6 6 Wisconsin 3 2Minnesota 5 4 West Virginia 1 1Missouri 1 1 Wyoming 1 1

State Awards Firms State Awards FirmsAlabama 2 1 Idaho 1 1Arizona 1 1 Massachusetts 4 4California 3 3 Maryland 2 2Colorado 3 3 Missouri 1 1Connecticut 1 1 North Carolina 1 1Florida 1 1 Texas 2 2Georgia 1 1 Virginia 4 3

SBIR

STTR

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State Technical Assistance

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SBIR/STTR Historical Awards

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2006 Phase 2STATE DISTRIBUTION OF AWARDS

• Selections announced October 11, 2007

• NASA selected 120 proposals for negotiation of SBIR Phase 2 contract awards.

• The selected projects have a total value of approximately $72 million.

• NASA will award the contracts to 102 small high technology firms in 27 states.

• http://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/ SBIR/sbir2006/phase2/ awards/index.html

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http://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/sbirweb/abstracts/absearch.jsp

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Maxwell Technologies of San Diego, California fabricated and tested an ASCII chip with single event latch up protection technology. Innovation enables the use of commercial chip technology in space missions, providing higher performance at a lower cost. Supplying A to D converter for Mars 2003 Rovers.

Yardney Technical Products of Pawtucket, Connecticut developed lithium ion batteries with specific energy of >100Wh/kg and energy density of 240 Wh/l and long cycle life. Subsequently, they won a large Air Force/NASA contract to develop batteries for space applications. They are supplying the batteries for the 2003 Mars Rovers.

Starsys Research of Boulder, Coloradodeveloped several paraffin based heat switches that function autonomously. Heat switches control radiator for electronics package on Mars 2003 Rovers.

SBIR Technologies on Mars Exploration Rovers

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SBIR technology contributions to MSL/CheMin

CheMin MSL ‘09 Flight Instrument

Microwave Power Technology of Campbell, California developed a small-format carbon nanotube field emission cathode (CNTFE) X-ray tube for CheMin. While a tungsten cathode was ultimately baselined for the flight tube, the form, fit and function of the flight tube was derived from this SBIR.

Dual-cell piezoelectric sample shaker

InXitu, Inc. of Mountain View, California developed a powder handling device for X-ray Diffraction Analysis based on Piezoelectrically- induced sample motion, and a miniature X-ray tube having a grounded cathode configuration is being developed to enable a further 2-fold reduction in the size of CheMin prototype instruments.

Miniature grounded-cathode X-ray tube and power supply

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Invocon, Inc. 2006 SBIR Tibbetts Award

Micro-Wireless Instrumentation Systems

Wing Leading Edge Impact Detection System

Vehicle Health Monitoring Systems with Wireless Systems

Wireless Instrumentationand Data Recording

Ultra-WIS

IWIS - Dynamics

EWIS - Dynamics

MMA for JEM – Micro-G

Microgravity Instrumention(And Structural Dynamics)

SWIS – Launch to Activation Temps

SBIR Contribution to Wireless Technology

SCAT SBIRSensor Control and Acquisition

TelecommunicationsWireless Instrumentation Systems

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IPP Seed Fund• Enhance NASA’s ability to meet Mission capability goals by

providing leveraged funding to address technology barriers via cost-shared, joint-development partnerships.

• Annual process for selecting innovative partnerships for funding.• Collaboration of Center IPP Office, NASA co-PI, and external co-PI• 2006 Seed Fund results:

– 76 proposals received, evaluated by IPP and Mission Directorate experts.

• Relevance/Value to NASA Mission Directorates.• Scientific/Technical merit and feasibility.• Leveraging of resources.

– 29 projects selected, providing $28.3 million for the advancement of critical technologies and capabilities.

• $6.6 million IPP Office funds. • $7.5 million program, project, Center funds.• $14.2 million external partner funds.

• FY 2007 call released May 10, $9.2 million in IPP funds.

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FY06 Seed Fund Statistics and Demographics

4Universities

3National

Laboratories13

Medium/SmallBusinesses

15Large

Corporations

35 Total External Partners10

NASA Field Centers

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Seed Fund TRL Advancement

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TRL Pre Seed Fund

TRL Post Seed Fund

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FY06 Demonstration Highlights

InflatableHuman Habitat

(Human Lunar)

Li-Ion Batteryfor PLSS

(Human EVA)

InflatableDecelerator

(AFL MARS and COTS)

ISHM - TestStand and J2X

Engine (Aries 1 Upper Stage)

CryostableLow-cost Mirror(Deep Space Missions)

4D Flight Mgmt(NGATS)

Cryo-trackerFlight

Qualification(Atlas/Centaur Launches)

TechnologyDemos

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How Do Prizes Benefit NASA?

Increased Participation by New Sources of Innovation

Leveraging of Tax-Payers’ Dollars

Innovative Technology Development to Meet NASA’s Needs

Increased Awareness of Science and Technology

Hands-on Training for Future Workforce

Increased Participation by New Sources of Innovation

Leveraging of Tax-Payers’ Dollars

Innovative Technology Development to Meet NASA’s Needs

Increased Awareness of Science and Technology

Hands-on Training for Future Workforce

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Funded Centennial Challenge Competitions

Personal Air Vehicle ChallengePersonal Air Vehicle Challenge

Regolith Excavation ChallengeRegolith Excavation Challenge

Lunar Lander ChallengeLunar Lander ChallengeMoonROx ChallengeMoonROx ChallengeAst

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Competition Total 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Astronaut Glove $1M 250 350 400

Regolith Excavation

$750K

250 500

Personal Air Vehicle

$2M 250 300 400 500 550

Beam Power $2M 200 300 400 500 600

Tether $2M 200 300 400 500 600

Lunar Lander $2M 2,000

MoonROx $1M 250 750

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Centennial Challenges 2007 Competitions

Past Competitions Event Dates Purses Winners

Astronaut Glove 2-3 May ’07 $250K • Peter Homer/$200K

Regolith Excavation

11-12 May ’07 $250K • None

Personal Air Vehicle

4-12 Aug ’07 $250K • Vance Turner-$100K Vantage Prize• Dave and Diane Anders / $50K Noise Prize• John Rehn / $25K Handling Qualities• Vance Turner / $25K Shortest Runway Prize• Vance Turner / $25K Efficiency Prize• Dave and Diane Anders / $15K Top Speed First

Prize• Vance Turner / $10K Top Speed Second Prize

Beam Power 13-21 Oct ’07 $500K • None

Tether 13-21 Oct ’07 $500K • None

Lunar Lander 26-28 Oct ’07 $2M • None

MoonROx (First to Demonstrate)

Exp. Jun ’08 $1M • No Registrants to date

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• The NASA 50th Anniversary Essay Competition is intended for middle and junior high school students under the age of 15 during the 2007-2008 academic year.

• First prize includes a $5,000 college scholarship and 4 VIP trips to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to watch the STS-125 shuttle launch.

• For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/5-8/features/F_Essay_Competition.html

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Essay Topics

• Students must write an essay, 500 words or less, responding to one or both of the following topics by January 7th, 2008:

• Topic #1:Describe how you benefit today in everyday life due to NASA aerospace technology and spinoffs from the last 50 years

• Topic #2:Describe, 50 years from now, how your everyday life may benefit from NASA's future aerospace technology

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Partnership Connections – IPP Publications

http://www.techbriefs.com/

Electronics & ComputersSemiconductors & ICsMechanicsInformation SciencesMaterials SoftwareManufacturing & PrototypingMachinery & AutomationPhysical SciencesBio-Medical Test & Measurement

http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/

http://www.sti.nasa.gov/spinoff/searchrecord

http://ipp.nasa.gov/innovation/index.html

http://ipp.nasa.gov/http://ipp.nasa.gov/

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States with Stories in Spinoff 2007

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Partnership Activities in FY06

• During FY 2006, the Innovative Partnership Program (IPP) facilitated many partnerships and agreements, as summarized below:– Over 200 partnerships with the private sector, federal and

state government, academia, and other entities for dual use technology development and reimbursable use of NASA facilities.

– Over 50 license agreements with private entities for commercial and quality of life applications of NASA developed technology.

– Reporting of more than 750 new technologies developed by NASA civil servants and contractors, and evaluation for patent protection.

– More than 400 agreements for commercial application of software developed by NASA.

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IPP and Space Grant Opportunities

• Many IPP activities are being conducted in nearly every state.

– SBIR/STTR

– Seed Fund Partnerships

– Centennial Challenge competitions and competitors

– Technology Transfer

– Other Partnerships

• Space Grant Consortia should be aware of ongoing activities, and could help encourage participation by other firms and universities in their respective states, and attendance at IPP events.

• Firms involved in IPP activities may provide an important resource to Space Grant Consortia.

– Participation in Space Grant activities.

– Employment or internship opportunities.

• Space Grant Consortia can provide an important resource to IPP.

– Judging 50th Anniversary Essay Contest and other activities.

• There is great potential for mutual benefit from working together!

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How can you learn more or contact IPP?

ARC Lisa Lockyer Lisa.L.Lockyer@nasa.gov (650) 604-0149

DFRC Gregory Poteat greg.poteat@dfrc.nasa.gov (661) 276-3872

GRC Kathy Needham Kathleen.K.Needham@nasa.gov (216) 433-2802

GSFC Nona Cheeks Nona.K.Cheeks@nasa.gov (301) 286-8504

JPL Ken Wolfenbarger james.k.wolfenbarger@nasa.gov (818) 354-3821

JSC Michele Brekke michele.a.brekke@nasa.gov (281) 483-4614

KSC Dave Makufka David.R.Makufka@nasa.gov (321) 867-6227

LaRC Marty Waszak m.r.waszak@nasa.gov (757) 864-4015

MSFC Jim Dowdy Jim.Dowdy@nasa.gov (256) 544-7604

SSC Ramona Travis Ramona.E.Travis@nasa.gov (228) 688-1660

Center Name Email Phone

Go to IPP.NASA.GOVContact relevant IPP Center Chief(s):