Title - How To Work With NASA, MSFC

There are several ways a company can work with Marshall Space Flight Center to access NASA technology, to integrate that technology into a product line, and/or to further develop that technology to create new products. The working relationship is usually formalized as either a patent or copyright license and/or as an agreement under the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958. A Space Act Agreement is similar to a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) used by other federal agencies, but it is more flexible. A Space Act Agreement can be partially or fully reimbursable.


 

Company Options

 
Agreement with MSFC
  
Steps Company Should Take
  
 
License MSFC technology

 
Patent or copyright license

  


Submit license application with commercialization plan to the Technology Transfer Department 1

  
 


Work with MSFC to develop a viable commercial product based on an MSFC technology

 
Space Act Agreement for joint development2		  
Submit a cover letter and a Space Act Agreement Request Form (SAARF) [Download Adobe Acrobat]to the Technology Transfer Department3
 
 


Work with MSFC in a shared- resource project that supports and stimulates advanced research and technology development

 
Cooperative Agreement 		 
Respond to Cooperative Agreement Notice or submit unsolicited proposal to the Grants and Research Contracts Branch 4		  
 
  Space Act Agreement 2  

Submit a cover letter and a SAARF to the Technology Transfer Department3

  
 
Use unique MSFC facilities for cooperative and/or company research
  
Space Act Agreement 2		  
Submit a cover letter and a SAARF to the Technology Transfer Department3		  
 


Develop and provide a process or product to NASA (small businesses only)

 
SBIR/STTR fixed price contract		  
Respond to annual NASA SBIR or STTR solicitation

 
   

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