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Expanding. Excelling. Achieving.

IPP Program Elements

Championing Innovative Business Practices

• GSFC and Ocean Tomo Establish Groundbreaking Partnership to Commercialize NASA Technologies
• GSFC Extends its Reach into the Future—Through Onine Gaming
• New Agreement with Northrop Grumman Aims to "Measure the Immeasurable"
• Many other agreements signed in FY08 are helping to extend the reach of GSFC technologies outside NASA while benefiting NASA missions in the near and long term.
• Agreements signed in FY08 are helping NASA

Providing Strategic Guidance

• Case in Point: Dr. Stephanie Getty receives ongoing GSFC strategic support
• Structuring Technology-Development Partnerships to Address Mission Needs
• Technology-Specific Strategic Support
• Strategic Support to Management
• Communicating Strategic Messages
• Participating in Key Strategic Meetings

Spearheading Funding Efforts for New Innovation

• Supporting Innovators from Small Wins to Big Windfalls
• Case in Point: Barton Bull and GSFC’s Autonomous Flight Safety System
• How the IPP Supports GSFC’s Funding Efforts
• New Source: The Innovation Fund
• Securing Funding for GSFC

Supporting Business Growth for Mutual Benefits

• Advanced Collimator Technology for NASA Imaging Finds Application in Security and Medical Screenings
• From Earth Science Data Storage to Commercial Success
• Designing a Sensor to Better Understand Cloud Characteristics
• Advancing Our Understanding of Clouds and the Carbon Cycle
• Small Business Contributes to Next-Generation NASA Lidar Systems
• High-Performance Data Analysis Tools for Sun-Earth Connection Missions

Thinking Globally, Innovating Locally

Embracing New Ways of Managing Technology

• IPP Staff Encourages New Technology Reporting
• A Steady Increase in ICB Awards

Recognizing Award-Winning Innovation

• Sensor Web 2.0 Claims GSFC’s Third Consecutive R&D 100 Award

Expanding Our Reach through Creative Networking

• FY08 Events

Communicating to Expand Relationships

• Presence in a Growing Number of Publications
• Press Prowess

The IPP Office and You

Special thanks to Chris Gunn for select photos.

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