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NASA HQ Announces 2007 Seed Fund Recipients
The Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP) at HQ established the Partnership Seed Fund to address barriers and initiate cost-shared, joint-development partnerships, providing “bridge funding” to enable larger partnerships and development efforts to occur. Read about the winning technologies.
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Six Unique Projects May Help NASA Goddard Advance the State of the Art in Several Technology Areas
NASA Goddard IPP Office Announces 2007 Innovation Fund Recipients
The Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP) Office at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center announced 6 recipients of its first IPP Office Innovation Fund. This fund is providing an opportunity for Goddard technologists to foster truly innovative ideas that currently fall into a funding gap but are essential for future NASA missions.
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PDMA Visions cover PDMA Visions Magazine Publishes Feature Article on "NASA's Infusion Partnerships"
Title: "How NASA Uses 'Infusion Partnerships' —Open innovation helps NASA develop robotic technology"
Author: Nona Minnifield Cheeks
This article focuses on how infusion partnerships work, using as an illustration a real-life partnership NASA embarked on with Carnegie Mellon University.
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Goddard’s IPP Office: What’s in a Name?
Now called the Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP) Office, the office has been pursuing new avenues of technology transfer that are more accurately indicated with this new name.
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Goddard Technology Wins 2006 R&D 100 Award
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s conformal robotic gripper won a spot as one of the top 100 most unique, innovative, and noteworthy technologies for 2006.
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Norden Huang

Goddard Scientist Wins 2006 Service to America Medal
Dr. Norden Huang won one of the prestigious Service to America Medals for 2006 from the Partnership for Public Service. Presented at a black-tie ceremony September 27th in Washington, D.C., the awards pay tribute to America’s dedicated federal workforce, highlighting those who have made significant contributions to our country.
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