The Scient Mind Project is dedicated to the question.

…is direct transfer of knowledge and skill possible? And if so, How?

The Scient Mind website is a log of reference material, documenting notes and ideas addressing the mission question. The aims of the project are: to gain practical and up-to-date knowledge to begin  a career in neuromorphic computing research. Gain sufficient skill to personally test ideas. Make at least some ground work in addressing the mission question, while documenting that process. To advance the roadmap the project samples from many field of study including neuroscience, neuromorphic computing and machine learning, brain-machine interfacing, and more.