The NOAA Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) is a research support office that drives innovation across NOAA. TPO oversees two programs: the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Technology Transfer Program. Through its programs, TPO awards grants to small businesses to support technological innovation, manages NOAA’s intellectual property portfolio, helps transfer NOAA technology to the commercial market, and facilitates NOAA’s public-private research partnerships. As NOAA’s primary interface with private-sector innovation, TPO supports the NOAA mission, stimulates innovation, and strengthens the U.S. economy.