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	Goddard Proposals Receive Newly Released Supplemental IPP Seed Funding The Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP) at NASA Headquarters has announced that two Goddard proposals (out of only six funded across all NASA Centers) will receive the newly released supplemental Seed Funding for 2008, totaling nearly $700K. + Read more

	SBIR Advances Our Understanding of Clouds and the Carbon Cycle Two NASA-funded Small Business Innovation Research contracts with Anasphere may enable researchers to better understand the water content of clouds and the carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere – helping to meet NASA mission needs while supporting this new business. + Read more

	SBIR Funding Yields Sensor to Better Understand Cloud Characteristics Through a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research contract funded by NASA, researchers at Stratton Park Engineering Company (SPEC, Inc.) have developed prototypes of miniaturized cloud sensors that will help environmental scientists better understand the impact that clouds have on climate. + Read more

	Tech Transfer Training: Something for Everyone Goddard’s IPP Office offers quarterly training classes to help civil servant and contractor personnel understand the in’s and out’s of technology transfer. September 18, 2008, Rm E100D December 2, 2008, Rm E100D + Find out more + Civil servants register online• + Contractors contact Dale Hithon to register

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	Adaptive Sensor Fleet A software architecture has been developed that allows remote-controlled platforms, such as boats, aircraft, rovers, satellites, or other vehicles or hardware, to work collaboratively in support of a single scientific goal. ASF is ideal for oceanographic and planetary research; search-and-rescue operations; and military, mining, and security missions. + Read more

	Portable, Low-Cost, Nondestructive Materials Testing A new nondestructive method has been developed for evaluating degree of cure, variations in chemical composition, and defect states in resin-based composites and metal oxides—data currently unobtainable through X-ray testing. + Read more

	NanoCompass Provides New Capabilities in Magnetometry and Strain Sensing This lightweight, low-power magnetometer is based on a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) network. Called the “NanoCompass,” the sensor’s dimensions are intrinsically nanoscale, allowing for new capabilities in magnetometry. + Read more
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	NASA and the Maryland Economy: This video highlights partnerships and technology transfer efforts since the 1960s that have benefited the Maryland economy. + View video (7-minute version) + View video (2.5-minute version)

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Get the technology transfer process started by informing the IPP of your innovations through New Technology Reports (NTRs). This includes reporting and releasing software.

+ Report online (eNTRe)*
+ NASA NTR form (NF 1679)*
+ The Technology Transfer Process
+ Inventor Resources
+ Software Release Process

Researchers are encouraged to consider whether their NASA mission work overlaps with these solicitations.
+ Other federal funding opportunities

Diane "Betsy" Pugel
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Years at NASA: 5

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