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KT for TT – Ensuring Use and Impact from Technology R&D

KT for TT – Ensuring Use and Impact from Technology R&D. Center on Knowledge Translation for Technology Transfer University at Buffalo. NIDRR Grantees improve QoL for PWD by solving problems with knowledge. Current state of QoL for PWD is sub-optimal in some aspects amenable to improvement.

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KT for TT – Ensuring Use and Impact from Technology R&D

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  1. KT for TT – Ensuring Use and Impact from Technology R&D Center on Knowledge Translation for Technology Transfer University at Buffalo

  2. NIDRR Grantees improve QoL for PWD by solving problems with knowledge. • Current state of QoL for PWD is sub-optimal in some aspects amenable to improvement. • Situation reduced to Problem Statement within a NIDRR Domain – e.g. technology-based opportunity. • Solution Statement involves knowledge creation via research, or knowledge application via development and production. • Technology Transfer plan explains how Solution Statement will be accomplished, and how results will impact QoL for PWD.

  3. Role of Knowledge Translation • KT is a method for moving academic knowledge into stakeholder action - CIHR. • Knowledge may pre-exist in Global Knowledge Base and/or may be generated via research. • Origins – Evidence-based Medicine to justify Federal & Public investment. • Focus on interactions with stakeholders at end of grant or integrated during grant activity.

  4. KTA Model – CIHR

  5. Stakeholders & Uses • Six Stakeholder Groups – • Researchers; Clinicians; Consumers; Policy Makers; Manufacturers; Brokers. • Three Types of Use – • Instrumental; Conceptual; Strategic.

  6. Integrated model of KT – opp’t to involve users. All

  7. CIHR Research Model shows 2 paths for Research-based Knowledge to reach Stakeholders

  8. Two Paths • Path 1 – Communicate Conceptual Knowledge through Publication. • Path 2 – Transform Conceptual to Practical through further effort. • Development effort to create and test Prototype. • Production effort to create and test Device/Service.

  9. “Demonstrating Evidence” burden for NIDRR and Grantees • Research, Development or Production activities involve long timeframes from initial conception through completion. • Achieving beneficial impacts for target populations involves even longer timeframes.

  10. The 2 Paths are not equi-distant!

  11. Surrogates of Impact • Grantee Output – Evidence of Research Discovery; Development Invention or Production Innovation. • Short-term Outcome – Evidence of Awareness, Interest & Adoption. • Intermediate Outcome – Evidence of use by Stakeholders.

  12. Research is part of Solution Continuum that may involve combinations of R, D & P.

  13. KT4TT Program • Sponsored by NIDRR to increase evidence of Grantee R&D output use by Stakeholders. • Generate evidence from research to address academic values; and evidence from development to address industry values. • Link both forms of evidence to changes in articulation, review, funding and evaluation of government grant programs designed to impact QoL for PWD’s.

  14. Why is KT for TT valuable? Together, KT and TT combine multiple NIDRR initiatives from the past twenty years: Logic modeling; Participatory Action Research; Knowledge Dissemination and Utilization; &Technology Transfer.

  15. Grantees can help NIDRR demonstrate results! • KT and TT combine to establish a single framework to optimize evidence of Grantee contributions to stakeholders. • Technology-oriented Research projects can consider downstream Development and Production (TT) as well as Stakeholder use (KT). • Provides a method for effectively communicating the value of new knowledge to Stakeholders.

  16. Three Critical Questions • How will the project accomplish its proposed technology-related outputs (TT)? • How will adoption and use be maximized across the full range of stakeholders (KT)? • How will stakeholder use generate beneficial QoL impacts for PWD's (KT4TT)?

  17. Analogies between KT and TT • “End of Grant” KT = Supply Push TT – Applying discovery from basic inquiry (Mode 1 science). • “Integrated KT” = Collaborative TT – Creating discovery from validated need (Mode 2 science). • “Prior to Grant” KT = Demand Pull TT – Identify Problem for which Knowledge offers Solution. • Science Rigor + Industry Relevance = Impact!

  18. KT4TT Program • Increase awareness and use of KT and TT methods by Grantees. • Increase awareness and use of Grantee R&D outputs by Stakeholders. • Linking KT to TT, to demonstrate and test an operational KT4TT model. • Validating model via prior research and current Grantee practices. • Establishing “best practices” to increase outcomes and impacts from Grantee activities.

  19. KT4TT Model is Relevant to: Investigators conducting research, development and/or production activities related to technology-based devices or services, and who intend for project outputs to be transformed by intermediary stakeholders into outcomes that beneficially impact the quality of life for persons with disabilities.

  20. Model is not Relevant to: • Basic research or inquiry driven projects. • Applied research and development projects in non-technology areas. • Projects with no intention to result in direct application by stakeholders, nor direct impact for target populations.

  21. Model links three Activities • Research • Development • Production

  22. Research Activity • Research = Knowledge Creation; • Process - New knowledge discovery results from experimentation; • Output - Conceptual state embodied as publication. • Value – Novelty in first articulation and contribution to knowledge base.

  23. Development Activity • Development = Knowledge Application. • Process - Knowledge-based invention results from exploration. • Output – Tangible state embodied as prototype. • Value – Feasibility in proof of concept.

  24. Production Activity • Production = Knowledge Replication. • Process – Knowledge-based innovation results from systematic specification. • Output – Final form embodied as device or service. • Value – Utility to producers and consumers .

  25. KT4TT Model In Progress

  26. Focus on QOL Goal • Grantee research contributes to knowledge base, optimized through KT techniques. • Grantee development contributes to product inventory, optimized through TT techniques. • NIDRR mastery of R&D synergy – parity in rigor and relevance – is itself innovative and novel. • NIDRR/Grantee example for all R&D programs. • People with Disabilities benefit from all above.

  27. For more information: kt4tt.buffalo.edu

  28. Acknowledgement This is a presentation of the Center on Knowledge Translation for Technology Transfer, which is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research of the U.S. Department of Education under grant number H133A080050. The opinions contained in this presentation are those of the grantee and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Education.

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