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A Liaison into the Labs

June 29, 2021

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) is always working to find ways to better advance the TPO and NIST mission of transferring federal technologies from the

A Recap of TMAP

June 4, 2021

The NIST-wide Technology Maturation Accelerator Program (TMAP) for 2021 has just occurred, bringing with it a variety of innovations to the forefront of the

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N-STEP: An Entrepreneurial Path for NIST Researchers

May 18, 2021

As fiscal year 2021 moves forward, the Technology Partnerships Office continues to seek out programs and collaborations with organizations to further drive the

A Recap of the Federal Labs Consortium’s National Meeting

May 4, 2021

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) recently attended the Federal Labs Consortium’s (FLC) annual, national meeting, which was virtual this year. The FLC

Looking into an Economic Analysis Brief

April 20, 2021

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) at NIST wanted to take an in-depth, analytical look into the geographic distribution of active NIST cooperative

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The Ins and Outs of a NIST Patent

April 6, 2021

Electron or X-Ray Beam Lithography in Liquids Description These days, the fabrication of 2D and 3D structures out of liquid, biocompatible, hydrogel solutions

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Next-Generation Protein Sequencing Going Lab-to-Market

March 23, 2021

The Technology Maturation Accelerator Program (TMAP) was begun at NIST in 2019 to provide a platform for NIST scientists and engineers to help propel their lab

Encouraging Innovations Across Federal Agencies

March 9, 2021

Every single day, across the agencies within the U.S. government, there are many federal researchers working on up-and-coming technologies and are pushing the

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Funding Small Businesses for a Better Tomorrow

February 23, 2021

Every year there are many start-up companies formed and small businesses created in the United States, building brick-and-mortar foundations to push forward a

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Accelerating Ideas Toward Commercialization

February 9, 2021

The start of the new year in the Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) brings with it innovative ideas and projects pushing the TPO and NIST mission forward. One

Getting to Know the PEER Prize Winners

January 26, 2021

The Bayh-Dole Act, passed in 1980, laid the groundwork for requiring increased reporting from the recipients of federal research and development funds. However

A Database Rebuild to Champion the Bayh-Dole Act

January 6, 2021

Throughout history, many innovative ideas have been realized and brought to life within federal laboratories across the country. From this, it was discovered

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Propelling Cyber Technologies Forward

December 8, 2020

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) hosted a webinar at this year’s CyberWeek festival revolving around getting the best cybersecurity technologies to the

Focused on the Future of Manufacturing

November 24, 2020

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) at NIST attended and hosted three webinars at this year’s CyberWeek festival, which virtually brought together the

Taking an Innovation from Lab to Market

November 10, 2020

One of the primary goals of the Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) is to help transfer technologies from the NIST labs to the market to benefit the public and

CyberWeek: Working Together to Improve Cybersecurity

October 28, 2020

The annual CyberWeek festival, hosted by CyberScoop, brings together people and organizations within the cybersecurity community, as well as C-suite leaders

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Providing NIST Guest Researchers with the Tools they Need

October 13, 2020

NIST is made up of a wide array of professionals from many different backgrounds, from science and engineering to communications, information technology, and

Taking a Monthly Look at NIST’s Amazing Patents

September 30, 2020

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) at NIST plays many roles in the overall support of the federal technology transfer (T2) mission, which involves

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Collaborating for Innovations: A NIST Scientist’s Personal Experience

September 17, 2020

I had a great discussion with a NIST researcher about federal researchers and their experience with collaborating on their innovations to push their projects

Federal Labs Consortium to Host Annual Meeting (Virtually)

August 31, 2020

The Federal Labs Consortium (FLC) was formally chartered by the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 in order to develop a community of technology transfer

The Genome Editing Consortium

August 20, 2020

Genome editing is the manipulation of the genetic material of a living organism by deleting, replacing, or inserting a DNA sequence, typically with the aim of

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Discovering How to Tailor NIST Innovations

July 28, 2020

For NIST federal researchers, pursuing their work in the labs is only part of the overall research and development goal at NIST. Scientists and engineers work

From the Public to the Private Sector: NSTEP

June 25, 2020

The NIST-Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Program (N-STEP) was founded, through a partnership between NIST and TEDCO, for the purpose of providing

A Lab-to-Market Tale: Icemaker Invention

April 7, 2020

Dr. David Yashar was always interested in finding ways to use practical application of science to improve real systems, so he studied mechanical engineering at

NIST Requesting Information to Upgrade the iEdison System

January 15, 2020

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to begin modernizing the Interagency Edison System (iEdison) by using feedback and insights from