2007 NASA Glenn Garrett Morgan Commercialization Awards Competition
Background. The NASA Glenn Garrett Morgan Commercialization Initiative (hereinafter
"GMCI") is a technology transfer and commercialization program that was launched in 1998 to
increase the competitiveness of small businesses and small disadvantaged businesses in the
United States (U.S.) by providing access to technology and resources at NASA. GMCI is a
program managed by Battelle, a global research and development company, in support of the
NASA Glenn Research Center.
2. Objective. The goal of GMCI is to help foster economic development, business growth, and
economic inclusion by accelerating the technology development conducted by small businesses
operating within the U.S. with an emphasis towards minority and women-owned businesses.
One way that GMCI accomplishes this goal is by
reserving a percentage of its public funding to assist local
and regional small businesses (SBs), women-owned
businesses (WOBs), and small disadvantaged businesses
(SDBs) in the transition of their technologies from the
research lab to the marketplace. The Commercialization
Awards Competition helps to fill a void that exists in the
development of research technologies into commercialready
technologies by assisting small companies with the
1) prototype development and 2) testing and evaluation of
NASA technology (or NASA related technology) to help
reduce associated risks and increase the interest of service
intermediaries, potential private investors and commercial
partners.
Targeted companies for this opportunity are small
businesses and small disadvantaged businesses as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration (see
definition in Attachment No. 2). These awards are open to small businesses operating in the U.S. and
seeking to commercialize their technology. These small businesses must be currently collaborating with
or may have already been involved in a technology development effort with a NASA center or NASA
Affiliated Program. Previous winners of the Battelle-Managed Commercialization programs (see
definition in Attachment No. 2) are not eligible for this award funding.
Potential projects may include, but are not limited to the following:
Development of a working prototype
Testing, refinement, and development of an existing prototype
Scaling-up a "lab-sized" model (such as chemicals, designs, test-beds, etc.)
Adapting a NASA technology to enhance an existing product
Using NASA technology to add additional functionality to an existing product
