Knowledge Translation Centers
Americans with Disabilities Act National Network Knowledge Translation Center (ADAKTC)
The goal of the Americans with Disabilities Act National Network Knowledge Translation Center (ADAKTC) is to facilitate coordination, organization, and collaboration among the ADA National Network (ADANN) grantees and to generate new knowledge about optimal methods to enhance stakeholder's use of knowledge about their rights and responsibilities under the ADA.
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Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (KTDRR)
The purpose of the Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (KTDRR) is to make it easier to find, understand, and use the results of research that can make a positive impact on the lives of people with disabilities. In collaboration with several national and international partners, the Center on KTDRR carries out integrated training, dissemination, utilization, and technical assistance activities to (a.) increase use of valid and relevant evidence-based research findings that inform decision-making and (b.) increase the understanding and application of knowledge translation principles.
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Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (KTER)
KTER develops and tests knowledge translation (KT) strategies designed to help vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies and businesses find, understand, and use research related to employing people with disabilities.
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Center on Knowledge Translation for Technology Transfer (KT4TT)
The role of the KT4TT program is to assist NIDILRR Grantees and potential applicants who are planning or conducting technology-oriented R&D projects for the purpose of generating beneficial impacts for persons with disabilities.
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IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh
The IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh provides tools and approaches to comprehensively understand barriers and facilitators to successful Assistive Technology Tech Transfer (ATTT), raise awareness and increase the capacity of researchers and entrepreneurs to perform successful ATTT. Through research, training and technical assistance, the IMPACT Center's diverse team is here to lend a hand in helping researchers and entrepreneurs take an assistive technology idea and turn it into an impactful solution.
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Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC)
The MSKTC is a national center that helps facilitate the knowledge translation process to make research meaningful to those with Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury and Burn Injury.
