EP 1165-2-1
30 Jul 99
of the R&D and effective implementation of R&D end-products.
Transfer of Research Results.
23-6.
a. Technology transfer is an integral part of the entire R&D
process. The laboratory program manager, in consultation with the
program monitor(s), the field review group, and principal investigator
develops a Technology Transfer Plan. This plan is a general description
of the direction and approach for technology transfer of a research
program. Each research program must provide for consistent transfer of
products and information to the USACE field offices primarily and to
other agencies including the private sector secondarily. The technology
transfer process will involve active participation of all members of the
USACE family to assure the products of the CW R&D Program are usable,
timely, and appropriate. Appropriate implementation mechanisms to
consider include PROSPECT or other long-term training courses,
recommended technical revisions to ECs, EMS and ETLs, draft technical
input to new or revised Engineering Guide Specifications, and
development of technical/procedural guidance necessary for effective
implementation of ERs and other CW policy documents.
b. The CW R&D Program shall consider transferring technology to
other DOD and Federal agencies, state and local governments, and private
enterprises as authorized by the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation
Act of 1980, as amended. It is the joint responsibility of the
Directorate of Civil Works, program monitors, CERD, and the field review
group to advise and assist the program manager in technology transfer to
such organizations. Procedures for complying with the Act are given in
AR 70-57, which gives the Office of Research and Technology Applications
(ORTA) the responsibility for managing the domestic technology transfer
activities. The laboratory's ORTA will assist in identifying
technologies suitable for transfer through Cooperative Research and
Development Agreements (CRDA), Small Business Innovation Research
Program (SBIR), Patent License Agreements (PLA), and other methods for
technology transfer to the domestic civilian sector. The CW R&D program
manager may consider technology transfer to foreign governments. CERD
will decide each foreign technology transfer after coordination with
appropriate officials.
23-7. Internal and External Coordination and Information Exchange.
a. In the
interest of eliminating unnecessary duplication of
Corps laboratories are charged with the
research efforts,
responsibility for
identifying R&D efforts by others that have potential
application to the
CW R&D Program.
b. To assure coordination of the CW R&D Program with the
programs of other agencies, the Corps maintains close contacts with
other Federal water resource agencies, including Bureau of Reclamation,
Tennessee Valley Authority, and Bonneville Power Administration.
Professional contacts with Federal Highway Administration, National
Resources Conservation Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Fish
and Wildlife Service, Environmental Protection Agency, the Bureau of
Mines, Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Science Foundation,
and National Institute of Standards and Technology are also maintained.
c. External coordination is accomplished through the Defense
Documentation Center, National Technical Information Service, and the
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