Location
Radisson Resort at the Port, Antigua Room
Start Date
28-4-1999 2:00 PM
Description
The NASA/Florida Minority Entrepreneurial Partnership Program (FMIEP) is a partnership established in 1997 between NASA-KSC, four Florida minority institutions, and the Technological Research and Development Authority (TRDA); with the primary goal of transferring NASA technologies to the small business sector. The FMIEP program was designed to identify, understand, and find solutions to business problems with the assistance of minority students participating in the program. This paper presents some of the program's first results, together with the second year objectives. This paper also presents the benefits this program brings to the participating students and minority institutions. The program draws on the strengths of each of the academic institutions and invites faculty and students to collaborate with the KSC Commercialization Office to promote entrepreneurship through NASA assistance.
Paper Session II-D - NASA/FMIEP Program's Impact on NASA, Minority Students and the Business Community
Radisson Resort at the Port, Antigua Room
The NASA/Florida Minority Entrepreneurial Partnership Program (FMIEP) is a partnership established in 1997 between NASA-KSC, four Florida minority institutions, and the Technological Research and Development Authority (TRDA); with the primary goal of transferring NASA technologies to the small business sector. The FMIEP program was designed to identify, understand, and find solutions to business problems with the assistance of minority students participating in the program. This paper presents some of the program's first results, together with the second year objectives. This paper also presents the benefits this program brings to the participating students and minority institutions. The program draws on the strengths of each of the academic institutions and invites faculty and students to collaborate with the KSC Commercialization Office to promote entrepreneurship through NASA assistance.
