Even within the sub-field of research, technology, and development evaluation, there are specialized domains for which it may be appropriate to consider designing tailored evaluation metrics. This session will focus on the development of evaluation metrics for National Institutes of Health-funded projects that have the primary purpose of technology development. The presentations will provide perspectives across all stakeholders in the evaluation design, including: the program manager, who may wish to use the metrics to assess a specific technology development program and provide evidence for the program's "success"; and the evaluation professional who must determine how to develop domain-specific metrics; and the evaluation professional who must implement an evaluation based on the proposed metrics. The final presentation will engage the audience in conversation around when and how such domain-specific metrics should be used to evaluate technology development programs, particularly for programs that were not explicitly considered when the metrics were developed.#2016Conference #Eval16