@article{0c92e2a6d32947ff98f917ae34bd8bbd,
title = "AAC technology transfer: An AAC-RERC report",
abstract = "Transferring innovative technologies from the university to the manufacturing sector can often be an elusive and problematic process. The Rehabilitation and Engineering Research Center on Communication Enhancement (AAC-RERC) has worked with the manufacturing community for the last 10 years. The purpose of this article is to discuss barriers to technology transfer, to outline some technology transfer strategies, and to illustrate these strategies with AAC-RERC related activities.",
keywords = "Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), Knowledge Transfer, Technology Transfer",
author = "Higginbotham, {Jeffery D.} and David Beukelman and Sarah Blackstone and Diane Bryen and Kevin Caves and Frank Deruyter and Thomas Jakobs and Janice Light and David McNaughton and Bryan Moulton and Howard Shane and Williams, {Michael S.}",
note = "Funding Information: Technology transfer may be supported financially in a number of ways. In one financial arrangement, commercial companies pay research teams to complete research for transfer activities that will support product development or evaluation. A common example of this financial relationship supports clinical trials of new medications or old medications that are being considered for new treatments. A second financial arrangement involves royalty payments to research organizations (universities) when commercial companies make use of intellectual property developed by university personnel. A third arrangement involves the provision of {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}in kind{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} services. An example of this occurs when a commercial company provides technology and computer programming to support new applications or prototypes that implement knowledge developed by university personnel. A fourth financial arrangement involves the financial support of a third party, such as the federal government, to fund research, to facilitate TT, and to evaluate the resulting technology. In the United States, federal agencies such as the United States Department of Education and the National Institutes of Health have developed several such programs, including the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR), and the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) programs. For more information the reader is directed to the websites of these federal agencies.",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1080/07434610902724886",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "25",
pages = "68--76",
journal = "AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication",
issn = "0743-4618",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "1",
}