Director Donald J. Campbell, head of the Glenn Research Center, has been recognized for his outstanding efforts in transferring NASA technology. The Glenn Research Center's LIFT Program Glenn's LIFT program is a business incubator designed to nurture new and emerging businesses with the potential to incorporate technology developed by Glenn. LIFT offers high quality laboratory and office space at attractive rates, along with a wide variety of business and technical support services to increase the success of participating companies. Access to the outstanding technology and support resources of Glenn through actively developed links is one of the strongest benefits of the program. Its primary objectives are to create new products, services, companies, and jobs in Ohio and to increase the commercial value of technology developed at Glenn.
LIFT is like a cocoon of technical and business support around start-ups.
Glenn Research Center Partnerships for Technology Transfer Glenn's newly created Garrett Morgan Commercialization Initiative is another example of the field center's efforts to establish effective technology transfer partnerships. Glenn's partnership with NASA's Midwest Regional Technology Transfer Center and GLITeC plays a significant role in the successful transfer of NASA technology. GLITeC is charged with improving the competitiveness of industry through the efficient application of technology and related capabilities from Glenn and other federal laboratories. An example of Glenn's innovative efforts with GLITeC is the Glennan Microsystems Initiative, named after a former president of Case Western Reserve University and the first NASA administrator. Transfer Successes Glenn's technology transfer successes are continually contributing to the improvement of all aspects of society.