# Announcement of NIST Partnership Opportunities for Technology Transfer
**AGENCY:**
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Announcement of NIST Partnership Opportunities for Technology Transfer.
**SUMMARY:**
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is interested in working with regional, state and local economic development organizations, technology incubation centers, technology-oriented public-private business development initiatives and other organizations and partnerships to facilitate the transfer of technologies developed within the NIST Labs to the private sector through potential licensing and/or collaboration. A sampling of commercially viable technologies developed at the NIST Labs may be viewed at: *http://www.nist.gov/patents.* This is not an opportunity to apply for government funding and NIST will not make any funds available to any party pursuant to this announcement.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, Attn: Clara Asmail, Building 222, Room A242, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Information is also available via telephone: 301-975-2239, fax 301-975-3482, or e-mail: *[email protected].* Please reference “Opportunities for Tech Transfer Partnerships” in any communications.
Dated: September 10, 2009.
Patrick Gallagher,
Deputy Director.