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The International Development Research Centre, an agency created two decades ago by the Canadian Parliament and operated by
an international board of governors, supports and funds research and development activities outside Canada. Initially it concentrated
on building research capacity in developing countries and funding research projects. In the mid-1980s a significant part of
the centre's attention shifted to technology transfer. In response to this new emphasis, the author developed what he calls
a framework—a set of elements to consider in formulating research projects—for the purpose of improving the chances of transferring
and implementing the research results. This article describes the utilization framework, using past research projects to illustrate
its eight elements, and briefly describes how the centre has applied it.
J. Andre Potworowski, until recently a consultant to the International Development Research Centre in the areas of technology
transfer and research utilization, now is a principle with the Hickling Corporation in the management of technology. He has
a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He also has had
various advisory positions with the Science Council of Canada; the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources; the Ministry
of State for Science and Technology; and the Secretariat of the Prime Minister's National Advisory Board on Science and Technology.
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