Facilitating factors and strategies for success identified by interview participants also reflect themes in the published literature while offering a number of new perspectives. Interview participants highlighted the importance of positive attitudes and beliefs about TD research and team science, echoing the literature on the important influence of a “TD ethic” – comprised of related values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors – on successful TD collaborations [3,21,22,44]. Interview participants also emphasized the importance of scientific curiosity to support success in efforts toward TD integration.
