Transcript NASA Exploration Team Message

Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP)
Overview & Opportunities
National Space Grant Director's Meeting
October 29, 2007
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Doug Comstock
Director, IPP
202 358-2221
[email protected]
IPP Overview
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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, jointdevelopment 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.
IPP Overview
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Program Elements
Technology
Infusion
– SBIR
– STTR
– IPP Seed
Fund
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Innovation
Incubator
Partnership
Development
– Centennial
Challenges
– New
Business
Models
– Innovation
Transfusion
– Intellectual
Property
management
– Technology
Transfer
– New
Innovative
Partnerships
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SBIR/STTR: 3-Phase Program
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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)
SBIR
FY03
FY04
FY05
FY06
FY07
Millions
of $
107.3
107.5
110.0
105.6
106.6
Phase 1
Awards
267
312
291
267
Phase 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
27
Phase 2
Awards
18
26
17
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SBIR is 2.5% of extramural R&D, STTR is 0.3% of extramural R&D.
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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.
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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 1
State Distribution of Awards
SBIR
State
Alabama
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Deleware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Awards Firms
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3
5
5
54
43
13
12
6
5
2
2
10
10
3
3
1
1
5
5
1
1
29
21
17
12
6
6
5
4
1
1
State
Awards Firms
Montana
3
2
North Carolina
2
2
New Hamphsire
5
2
New Jersey
10
7
New Mexico
5
4
New York
9
7
Ohio
16
13
Oregon
1
1
Pennsylvania
12
8
Texas
6
4
Utah
1
1
Virginia
20
14
Washington
3
3
Wisconsin
3
2
West Virginia
1
1
Wyoming
1
1
STTR
State
Alabama
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
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Awards Firms
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1
1
1
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
State
Idaho
Massachusetts
Maryland
Missouri
North Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Awards Firms
1
1
4
4
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
4
3
6
State Technical Assistance
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SBIR/STTR Historical Awards
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2006 Phase 2
STATE 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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SBIR Technologies on Mars Exploration 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.
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.
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Starsys Research of
Boulder, Colorado
developed several paraffin
based heat switches that
function autonomously.
Heat switches control
radiator for electronics
package on Mars 2003
Rovers.
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SBIR technology contributions to MSL/CheMin
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.
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.
CheMin MSL ‘09
Flight Instrument
Miniature grounded-cathode X-ray
tube and power supply
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Dual-cell piezoelectric sample shaker
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SBIR Contribution to Wireless Technology
SWIS – Launch to
Activation Temps
SCAT SBIR
Sensor Control and Acquisition
Telecommunications
Wireless Instrumentation Systems
IWIS
Dynamics
MMA for JEM
– Micro-G
-
EWIS
- Dynamics
Microgravity Instrumention
(And Structural Dynamics)
Invocon, Inc.
2006 SBIR Tibbetts Award
Micro-Wireless
Instrumentation Systems
UltraWIS
Wing Leading Edge
Impact Detection System
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Vehicle Health Monitoring Systems
with Wireless Systems
Wireless Instrumentation
and Data Recording
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IPP Seed Fund
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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
35 Total External Partners
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NASA Field
Centers
15
Large
Corporations
4
Universities
3
National
Laboratories
13
Medium/Small
Businesses
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Seed Fund TRL Advancement
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TRL Pre Seed Fund
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TRL Post Seed Fund
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6
5
4
3
2
1
0
TRL - 1
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TRL - 2
TRL - 3
TRL - 4
TRL - 5
TRL - 6
TRL - 7
TRL - 8
TRL - 9
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FY06 Demonstration Highlights
Cryostable
Low-cost Mirror
Inflatable
Human Habitat
(Human Lunar)
(Deep Space Missions)
Li-Ion Battery
for PLSS
4D Flight Mgmt
(NGATS)
Technology
Demos
(Human EVA)
Cryo-tracker
Flight
Qualification
Inflatable
Decelerator
(AFL MARS and COTS)
(Atlas/Centaur Launches)
ISHM - Test
Stand and J2X
Engine
(Aries 1 Upper Stage)
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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
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Funded Centennial Challenge Competitions
Personal Air Vehicle Challenge
Competition
Total
Astronaut Glove
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
$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
Regolith Excavation Challenge
750
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Astronaut Glove Challenge
Beam Power Challenge
Tether Challenge
MoonROx Challenge
Lunar Lander Challenge
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Centennial Challenges 2007 Competitions
Past Competitions
Event Dates
Purses
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
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•
•
•
•
•
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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Winners
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
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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/58/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/
http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/
Electronics & Computers
Semiconductors & ICs
Mechanics
Information Sciences
Materials Software
Manufacturing & Prototyping
Machinery & Automation
Physical Sciences
Bio-Medical Test & Measurement
http://www.sti.nasa.gov/spinoff/
searchrecord
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http://ipp.nasa.gov/innovation/
index.html
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
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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?
Go to IPP.NASA.GOV
Contact relevant IPP Center Chief(s):
Center
ARC
Name
Lisa Lockyer
Email
Phone
[email protected]
(650) 604-0149
DFRC Gregory Poteat
[email protected]
(661) 276-3872
GRC
[email protected]
(216) 433-2802
[email protected]
(301) 286-8504
Kathy Needham
GSFC Nona Cheeks
JPL
Ken Wolfenbarger [email protected]
(818) 354-3821
JSC
Michele Brekke
[email protected]
(281) 483-4614
KSC
Dave Makufka
[email protected]
(321) 867-6227
LaRC Marty Waszak
[email protected]
(757) 864-4015
MSFC Jim Dowdy
[email protected]
(256) 544-7604
SSC
[email protected]
(228) 688-1660
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