Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Tools for collaboratively designing and evaluating personalized assistive technologies
Agreement Number:
979154
Agreement Value:
$132,078.00
Agreement Date:
Jan 3, 2022 - Mar 31, 2025
Description:
Assistive technology (AT) is any item, piece of equipment, software program, or product system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities. Millions of individuals use assistive technologies to perform everyday tasks. The Project involves developing user interfaces that will enable the collaborative design of personalized ATs such as glucose monitors. The team envisions a future in which end-users, health professionals and product designers can work together to create ATs that meet the personal and functional needs of specific end-users. The research effort will include 1) studies that shed light on how collaboration can enable the design of personalized glucose monitors, 2) development of a high-fidelity functional software system that facilitates collaborative design of glucose monitors, and 3) analysis of the evaluation results that detail the benefits and limitations of the developed prototype system and
sheds light on future research directions.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems.
Location:
Victoria, British Columbia, CA V8P 5C2
Reference Number:
172-2021-2022-Q2-979154
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
108162470
Recipient Type:
Academia
Additional Information:
This agreement has been amended 1 time(s). The end date of this agreement has been modified by 364 days.
Amendment Date
Jan 24, 2024
Recipient's Legal Name:
University of Victoria
Federal Riding Name:
Victoria
Federal Riding Number:
59041
Program:
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
Program Purpose:
Collaborate on multiparty research and development programs to catalyze transformative, high-risk, high-reward research with the potential for game-changing scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs in priority areas.
NAICS Code:
541710 - R&D in the physical, engineering and life sciences
Amendments: