Next, you will have to make a decision about the overall strategy you plan to use to see that transfer is accomplished. Use the "RR & D Center Technology Transfer Milestones" form in Section 5 to record the decisions you make.

You have three options regarding strategy:.

1. You may elect to involve a manufacturer during the course of the project:
   
   

   - early in the course of the project, such as at the conceptualization stage
   
   

   - after proof of concept has been demonstrated (either through a simulation or with a feasibility prototype)
   
   

   - at an advanced prototype stage (either when a working laboratory prototype is demonstrated with patients or when a pre-production prototype is being developed that is appropriate for evaluation).
   
   

2. You may elect to use established information channels such as professional meetings, open houses, or VA publications.
   
   
3. You may elect to arrange for transfer on your own. Of course, this option only exists if the VA has waived its interests and has not made commitments to another organization.

Each of these strategies is discussed in the following pages.

Investigator

Transfer Officer

Center Director