Success in research funding, and research more generally, is often realized through the effective dissemination of research findings to the appropriate audiences so they may benefit in some way. Dr.

The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research funded the Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (KTER Center) at the American Institutes for Research (AIR) from 2015 to 2020 to test a knowledge broker model in vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency settings.

About the Webcast: Social media and collaborative learning networks can be used to increase researchers’ connections, and the applicability and scalability of our work. Dr.

KTER Center staff and invited guests participated in KTER’s 2019 State of the Science (SoS) Conference on Employment Research on September 5-6, 2019 in Portland, Maine, in conjunction with the 12th Annual Summit on Performance Management Excellence.

"Knowledge Brokering as an Evidence-Based Strategy" is sponsored by the Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (KTER Center).

The Knowledge Translation Toolbox includes tools and articles for developing knowledge translation (KT) plans, stakeholder engagement and networking, effective KT strategies, evidence production, and KT activity measurement instruments.

The toolkit includes the sections:

Research into employment outcomes for the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Program is critical to assessing participant impact. While VR employment research is essential to documenting any employment outcomes, turning the research data into information that is used by a variety of stakeholders is equally important.

The KTER Center works with NIDILRR-funded projects to share information about their knowledge translation plans. In this webcast, Dr. James Krause discusses the knowledge translation strategies employed on the project, A Multidisciplinary Approach to Translating New Knowledge into Practice to Promote Health and Well-being after Spinal Cord Injury.

The Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (KTER) Center (https://kter.org) at American Institutes for Research (AIR) is funded to test a knowledge broker model in vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency settings. Knowledge brokers are individuals positioned to bridge the worlds of research and practice (Long, Cunningham, & Braithwaite, 2013).

George Gotto presented information on the field-initiated project “Determining the Efficacy of the Self-Determined Career Development Model of Instruction to Improve Employment Outcomes for Adults With Developmental Disabilities,” funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). Dr.