The NOAA Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) is the dynamic intermediary between industry and government, facilitates the commercialization of innovative technologies from lab to market, and awards non-dilutive seed funding to U.S. small businesses in support of a safer, stronger, and more prosperous Nation.
-- Kortney Opshaug, Blue Ocean Gear & Richard Riels, Crab Raft
The NOAA Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) is serving the U.S. economy by investing in impactful solutions, transferring innovative technology to the marketplace, and facilitating strategic partnerships to enhance and deliver on NOAA’s mission.
TPO routinely works in developing partnerships with private entities in marketing commercial technologies to improve NOAA’s data collection efficiency. This supports weather and environmental data collection that private companies could use to deliver novel weather predictions and climate information.
We fund innovative small business proposals for the development of technology, products, and services related to NOAA’s mission with excellent commercial potential.
We ensure rapid and impactful transfer of inventions and innovative technology developed by NOAA researchers to the commercial marketplace.
Public-private partnerships are vital for bringing private sector innovation and agility into the public realm and NOAA’s research and development enterprise.
Rooted in Federal Law, our Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Technology Transfer (T2) programs capitalize on successful commercialization of innovative technologies in support of a strong and resilient U.S. economy.
References:
Federal Tech Transfer Act of 1986
Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982
Hailios, Inc. and NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) are partnering under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA),
NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center partners with Daicel Chiral Technologies to use cutting-edge science to determine the age of fish.
Fishtechy, Inc. and NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center are working together under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to leverage AI and smartphone technology to see if recreational fishing data can fill key gaps in U.S. fish stock assessments.
NOAA’s National Weather Service has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with SpectraRep, LLC to evaluate broadcast television datacasting as a backup method for delivering NOAA Weather Radio alerts.
National Weather Service’s Office of Water Prediction has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Upstream Tech, Inc., to evaluate how artificial intelligence (AI)-based forecasts can be used to support operational water prediction capabilities, which inform decision-making for water management, flood response, and emergency services.