Participants also reported that scientific curiosity helped them successfully engage in TD team science. They described how a drive to investigate scientific questions at the boundaries of our knowledge, a general “openness” toexploring areas of science that one knows little about, and a willingness to invest time and energy to learn about new research topics and approaches all helped to facilitate TD team science. I definitely have been reading a lot, perhaps more than other junior investigators [not participating in TREC I], because I keep finding myself entering into a new area. And going back to transdisciplinary research, I think that's really key that you have to keep an open mind -- that you need to be willing to put the time in to really open yourself into new areas that you may find yourself in either by chance or by choice.
