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Table 1 Facilitators and barriers to success of the team science initiative

From: The AGING Initiative experience: a call for sustained support for team science networks

Barriers

Solutions

Cultural differences between the original research networks

Opportunities for in-person networking

Expanding reach to include diverse perspectives and expertise

Innovative ways to facilitate ‘matchmaking’

Limited salary support to maintain network infrastructure

Enhance efficiency by overlapping workgroup activities and funding a coordinator position

Reliance on soft money limits ability to undertake small projects that build research teams

Funding competition to catalyse new project-based collaborations

Time and energy displaced toward sustaining funds for team science network

Not yet solved